University of Gamestop

Differently from the other roles in a mobile dev team, the testers are not expected to achieve a specific academic formation to accomplish their tasks. For entry testing positions, a high school diploma is enough.

Instead, we could say that games are the school of choice for a tester. Having played tons of them, on different platforms, genre, and input devices is a must. The more games and gaming devices a tester has experience with, the better he is at playing them and at fully exploring their features, in order to find out what doesn't work as expected.

It is also important for a tester to have a glossary on essential gameplay and bug reporting definitions. Terms such as alpha, beta, QA, gold master, and bug definitions are much appreciated by those who decide if you are worthy of a full time tester position.

As a professional player, the game tester needs to resist the temptation of playing for fun to experience games from an objective perspective. For a tester, playing is not fun; it is a means to accomplish his/her job! He is requested to play games regardless of whether he likes them or not.

There is a very interesting and detailed article about the role of the game tester that we suggest you check out at the following link:

http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson5.html.