SQA Solution

I’d give SQA negative stars if I could.
The instructor was Prashant. Anoop is no longer an instructor here, keep that in mind when looking at the positive reviews below.
Instructor attendance:
Prashant was consistently late 15, 20 and 30 min. He also ended class early. I’m human too, however I’m in class on time and my education is important to me. I had to leave 2 — 2.5hrs to be in class on time. He even cancelled class 1 hour before one time. It was entirely unreasonable amount of time to notify us.
Professionalism:
Prashant was condescending, unapproachable, rude and aggressive.
He texted constantly in class, and it wasn’t occasional. We’d have to interrupt him or have to wait for his free time.
— Updating code during lecture. The pacing of the course is quick, so we’re unable to copy everything manually down. Rather than leaving a copy of before/​after code. (OR commented out NOTES) for us to examine at home, he’d update the last code version. The right thing to do would be keep multiple copies, right? He was offended that I’d asked for this, and said «This is how I do it.»
— Didn’t post answers to homework. I asked for the answers to be posted, or for our solutions to be discussed as a group. He flat out refused stating we were behind in the course so we couldn’t cover answers. Please see attendance above.
— HE RAISES HIS VOICE and is confrontational about questions. Excuse me, this is the same place were I can’t write down the work?
— I called the owner, Fuad. He told me to send my questions in e-​mails to him. They were not answered at all.
— He lectures like he’s teaching to coders. Vocab swaps like method/​function. As a beginner where you learn a majority of concepts in a few weeks, this is confusing.
Syllabus/​Course structure:
— Prashant didn’t follow the syllabus. Which is helpful when you try to study before class to be prepared. Especially when you have a terrible teacher!
— No tests, so ignore what the website is posting about testing schedule.
— He used terminology without introducing it first. Very confusing for a new student.
— Linux wasn’t supported. I called before registering for the course, and was told Linux would be supported. Other students had 1:1 assistance with installing. He struggled with terminal and I was not supported. It took me a very long time to work it out. It was a huge issue.
I was not quiet about it. I asked for technical help, wrote emails to the professor with questions, called the owner with no avail. Only after I called and asked to be DROPPED from the course, and Fuad asked me to stick with it, did my concerns get passed back to Prashant. Then there was a nasty announcement about someone «having trouble in the class». We did a few weeks of «Catch up» homework answers all at once. That doesn’t help in a cumulative knowledge learning scenario.
This is NOT a course for a beginner. I’m a perfect example. I’ve had to rush through a
Programming Fundamentals course to try and catch up. Which ultimately I did not, and will be taking classes at another program. I set up Eclipse, Java EE on my computer before attending, and worked nearly a year as a QA before this course. I’m new at programming, but not new at QA skills. I dropped out after 2 ½ weeks in the 6 wk course. It goes THAT FAST as well as disorganized fashion. I was offered 1k refund out of $ 3075. I see why I was asked to «hold on» it was to change the refund schedule to «after 50%!!» What a rip-​off.
Summary: If you want to feel helpless, waste your time, be told to study more (to prepare for a class you’re supposed to have no prior knowledge of) and be in a hostile environment come here!

It was the best 6 weeks I have spent in my spare time! Even though I have a computer science background, it was hard for me to start looking things online and brushing my skills on my own.
We have started learning with baby steps from downloading/​configuring Eclipse and writing a «Hello World!» Project in Java language. Instructors are super patient, intelligent professionals and well versatile in their domain. In 6 weeks, we have not only covered Java OOP language, but also JUnit, TestNg, Maven, gitHub, UNIX, CSS, Xpath, Selenium IDE, RC, Web Driver tools. Classes are only limited to 8 people and there is an option to join the course in person or online.
Weekly 20 hours in 6 weeks period, you get to know great people and learn more by helping each other. I have gained great knowledge and would recommend everybody who is planning improve automation test engineer skills.

I started out with SQA Solution in August to learn Selenium WebDriver using Java. In a short period of time, instructor was able to teach me Java, Selenium WebDriver, Junit and provided many tips on how to build a test automation framework with all the bells and whistles, including wait logic and more. He also prepared me for the interview for an Automated QA Engineer position. The classes are very organized and tailored to your needs. So if you don’t know anything, or maybe know something and are looking to improve your skills in test automation, then he will setup the class structure according to your needs. The great thing about the class is has small groups just a one-​on-​one session and you get to ask all the questions and you have his full attention, which is great!!! They explains everything in detail and you get to work on a project with them. I strongly recommend their courses for anyone looking to learn automation testing from scratch or improve their skills. It is also very affordable compared to other test automation courses in the area.
Excellent teaching skills. covered all parts of the course in a concise manner. very nicely presented PPT slides for quick refresher guide In class demos are the highlights of the classes. People should enroll to get trained on all the latest testing techniques

Fantastic Training! I was hesitant in joining when I first heard about their training, but after sitting in during the orientation and the first week of the class, I really felt this was the course for me. The instructor is very thorough and very patient!
I now work for a Fortune 500 company and get paid double what I was getting before. I’m pretty much set for life with the knowledge I was given, after my long term project ends I can confidently find another.
I had a wonderful experience at SQA Solution and I can’t imagine anyone serious about getting a job would have a difficult time.
I have an excellent relationship with SQA Solution now and recommend it for anyone who takes their QA career seriously and is willing to work hard. :) Thank you SQA Solution for giving me this opportunity.

I recently completed a Selenium automation course @ SQA Solution. It took six weeks and gave me exactly what I needed on the project I’m currently working on. If you are looking to improve your software testing skills and grow in your career, I highly recommend you take this course.

They have great Selenium training program led by very knowledgeable instructor. Nice working examples with good tips all along. Upon completing the course I felt confident enough to continue practicing Selenium on my own. They also offered valuable support after completing the course. Overall very good learning experience.

SQA Solution Selenium training was very helpful. Before class, I did not know how to write or read java code and how to automate test cases using selenium. Now after the class I have created test framework, develop automated scripts and able to write java code. Anoop and Fuad were very helpful, detail orientated, and ensured that we understood the subject before moving on tho the next one. SQA Solution training is a Definite must have for all QA engineers!

Anoop leads a pretty detailed and immersive JAVA selenium automation class, They should definetly spend more time with Maven and Jenkins (cuz those are real world tools, essential to CI). Fuad and his team try very hard to backup the training with carreer counselling and tech placement but in the end I did ALL the heavy lifting and leveraged the training myself with my own personally written resume, to get a job. I never saw more than job descriptions from them much less a real interview or even a mock interview. I would say the training from SQA solution was ok but only worth about half what I paid for it. TMHO
At the end of the day there are not many choices in the Bay Area for Selenium training outside of Portnov. The class that Anoop put together is, I think, way better than Portnovs… there were even people from my bootcamp that had gone to Portnov and then went to Fuad/​Anoops training bootcamp.