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The engineering job with the shortest route in.

Manual testing done properly, then automation with Playwright. QA is the most realistic first tech job for someone without a computer science degree.

3 months
12 weekends, 24 live sessions
₹1,000
per month · ₹3,000 in total
Sat + Sun
keep your job or degree
Live
online — join from any city
Snow Stag Taught by working professionals, not full-time trainers

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Step 1 of 4

Takes under a minute. No payment now.

  • ₹1,000 a month for 3 months. Pay month by month, not upfront.
  • Saturdays & Sundays only — keep your job or your degree.
  • Live classes online. Join from any city.
Why this one

Where this actually takes you

QA teams hire for care and thoroughness, not for a degree. It is the most common genuine entry point into a software company — and it leads onward to development.

QA Engineer

Testing releases before customers see them.

Test Automation Engineer

Writing the automated suites — a significant pay step up.

Support Engineer

A common adjacent role with the same core skills.

The syllabus

Three months, foundation to advanced

12 weekends. 24 live sessions. Each month ends with something you built and can show — not a certificate of attendance.

1 Month 1 · Foundation

How software actually breaks

Thinking like a tester, and writing bug reports developers respect.

  • The software lifecycle and where testing fits
  • Writing test cases: happy path, edge case, and the nasty ones in between
  • Bug reporting that gets fixed — reproduction steps, severity, evidence
  • Jira, boards and working inside a real team process
You finish withA full manual test plan for a live application, with logged, reproducible bugs.
2 Month 2 · Core

Testing beneath the surface

Beyond clicking: APIs, data and the browser's own tools.

  • API testing with Postman — requests, responses, status codes, assertions
  • Chrome DevTools: network, console and finding the actual cause
  • SQL basics for checking what the database really contains
  • Cross-browser, responsive and accessibility testing
You finish withAn API test collection plus a documented investigation of a real defect.
3 Month 3 · Advanced

Automation

Writing code that tests software — where QA salaries change.

  • JavaScript essentials for test automation
  • Playwright: selectors, assertions, fixtures, and stable tests
  • Why tests fail intermittently, and how to stop it
  • Running tests in CI so they block a bad release automatically
You finish withCapstone: an automated regression suite running in CI against a live app.
Who teaches you

Your mentor

Someone who does this work professionally, teaching the way it is actually done — not reading from a slide deck.

Frontend & QA Lead
Name announced on confirmation
9+ years — frontend engineering & test automation

Ships production interfaces and reviews other people's code for a living. Insists you write code — and tests — that someone else can maintain.

JavaScriptReactPlaywrightAccessibility
Also teaches: Frontend Development — take both and you learn one connected system, not two disconnected subjects.
What you walk out with

Tools you'll actually have used

Not a reading list. Every one of these is used in a graded exercise during the course.

PlaywrightPostmanJiraChrome DevToolsSQL basicsGit

A portfolio, not a certificate

Three graded pieces of real work — one per month — plus the capstone. This is what gets you the interview.

A certificate from Snow Stag

Issued on completing the assessment and attending enough of the course to have earned it.

Interview preparation

Mock interviews, CV and LinkedIn review, and how to talk about work you have actually done.

The fee

Deliberately small, on purpose

Mentors volunteer their weekends. The fee covers what it costs to run the course — nothing more. It is charged monthly so nobody has to find a large sum upfront.

1

Apply

The form takes under a minute. No payment at this stage.

2

A short conversation

Fifteen minutes on the phone about what you want from this. We are checking commitment, not qualifications.

3

Confirm your seat

Pay the first month and you are in. Classes start on the cohort date.

Total cost
₹1,000 / month

₹3,000 across 3 months. No registration fee, no material charges, no exam fee.

24 live sessions with a working professional
All recordings, notes and exercises
Graded feedback on everything you build
Certificate and interview preparation

Money should not be the reason you don't apply. If even this is out of reach, say so on your application. We would rather find a way than lose someone who wants it.

Before you apply

The honest answers

No. This course starts at foundation level and assumes nothing. What you do need is twelve weekends of genuine attention — that is the real entry requirement, and the one most people underestimate.

No. Classes are live and online, so you join from wherever you are. The whole point of these skills is that the work travels even when you do not.

That is exactly who this is built for. Classes are Saturdays & Sundays only, plus practice time in between. Nothing happens on a weekday.

Every session is recorded and yours to keep. But attendance is tracked — people who watch recordings instead of attending consistently do not finish, and we would rather tell you that now.

Yes. ₹3,000 in total across 3 months, paid monthly. No registration fee, no material charges, no exam fee. Note that fees are not refundable, so please be sure before you commit.

We do not guarantee jobs, and be careful of anyone who does. What you get is a portfolio of real work, a certificate, mock interviews and CV support. The hiring decision belongs to employers.

Dates are being confirmed now. Applying puts you on the list first — applicants hear the start date before it is announced publicly.

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