If you’re preparing for an automation role in 2025, Playwright is showing up everywhere—from startup QA teams to enterprise CI pipelines. But interviews rarely stop at “What is Playwright?” Most recruiters look for proof that you can write stable tests, debug failures, and explain your choices with confidence.
Here are the skill areas that typically decide whether you pass or struggle:
1) Waiting and reliability (flakiness control)
Interviewers want to know how you handle sync issues without using random sleeps. Expect questions around auto-wait, explicit waits, and load states—plus how you make tests stable in CI.
2) Locators that survive UI change
A common theme is: “How do you choose locators?” Strong answers focus on resilient strategies (like role/text/label-first approaches), and avoiding brittle selectors that break when the UI shifts.
3) Parallel runs and multi-browser strategy
Modern teams don’t run tests serially. You may be asked how Playwright runs in parallel, how projects work, and how you validate across browsers or devices efficiently.
4) Contexts, sessions, and isolation
Many failures come from shared state. Good interview answers explain isolated contexts, storage state, and how to keep tests independent unless a shared session is intentionally designed.
5) Debugging with artifacts
Great candidates don’t “guess.” They show how they use traces, screenshots, and videos to diagnose issues quickly and communicate clearly with dev teams.
A simple way to structure your answers
When you respond to scenario questions, use this pattern:
Intent: what the user must achieve
Approach: tools/features you’ll use
Validation: what you assert (outcomes, not animations)
Reliability: waits, isolation, and evidence (trace/screenshots)
If you want a well-organized set of Playwright interview questions with crisp answers and real scenarios, refer to the full guide by Testleaf.