These questions should help you gauge a candidate's knowledge and experience

in performance testing.

1. What is performance testing, and why is it important in the software

development lifecycle?
2. Can you explain the key differences between performance testing, load
testing, and stress testing?
3. What are the primary goals of performance testing?
4. What are the different types of performance testing you are familiar with?
5. Can you describe the process you would follow to conduct a performance
test?
6. What performance testing tools have you worked with? Which ones do you
prefer, and why?
7. How do you identify performance bottlenecks in an application?
8. Can you explain the concept of response time, throughput, and latency in
performance testing?
9. What are the common challenges you have faced during performance
testing, and how did you overcome them?
10.Can you discuss the importance of baseline testing and how it is
performed?
11.What are the key performance metrics you track during a performance test,
and how do you interpret the results?
12.How do you simulate realistic user behavior and load during performance
testing?
13.Have you worked with any cloud-based performance testing platforms or
services? If so, which ones?
14.Can you explain the concept of scalability testing and how you would
approach it?
15.How do you analyze the performance test results and identify areas for
improvement?
16.Can you describe your experience with performance tuning and
optimization?
17.What are some performance testing best practices you follow?
18.Have you integrated performance testing into a continuous
integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline? If so, how?
19.Can you discuss the importance of capacity planning and forecasting in
performance testing?
20.Have you worked with any database performance testing tools? If so, which
ones and how did you use them?