About the Challenge
Forget about building your own AI chatbot from scratch. This is a highly focused, hands-on testing championship. Your mission is to use PostQode AI to thoroughly test a real-world software platform and show everyone what deep, strategic quality thinking actually looks like.
You’ll get to show off your skills in designing test cases, finding clever boundary limits, mapping out system state behavior, and exploring APIs in depth.
PostQode AI is the official and exclusive platform for the championship. Your prompting, test case design, and automated test runs will all live and execute inside it. For live Q&A, chat, and support from mentors, we will all hang out together on the ATA Discord Community.
The App You’ll Test
Coverage Areas — Pick Any Two
Each team chooses any two of the three areas to focus on. Unit Tests is a stretch goal — solid Web and API coverage is what’s expected.
Web (UI)
Browser-based testing of the LMS interface and user flows.
API
Direct API testing, including rules the UI does not expose.
Unit Tests
Stretch goal. Pick it if you want to go further.
What to Test
✔ Leave Management: Apply, approve, reject, and cancel requests across all leave types while ensuring balance accuracy.
✔ Edge Cases – Validate date limits, leave balance boundaries, weekday calculations, and past-date restrictions.
✔ Workflow Validation – Ensure only valid status transitions are allowed and terminal states cannot be reversed.
✔ Access Control – Verify employees can only access their own data, while managers have the correct level of visibility.
✔ API Validation & Security – Test unauthorized actions, invalid employee IDs, malformed requests, and business rules enforced through the API.
Competition Timeline
│Saturday, 11 July 2026 · 6:00 PM (IST)
● Competition Launch
│Kick off the competition with a welcome session, event briefing, platform walkthrough, and challenge reveal. The competition officially begins right after the announcement.
│Sunday, 12 July 2026 · 8:00 PM IST
● Community Connect (Optional)
│Join an informal Discord session to discuss your progress, ask questions, connect with mentors, and interact with fellow participants.
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Participation
- Participate individually or in a team of up to 3 members.
- Individual and team entries are judged using the same evaluation criteria.
- Collaboration, learning, and knowledge sharing are encouraged throughout the competition.
Official Platforms
AI Platform: PostQode AI
The official competition platform where you’ll solve the challenge. A walkthrough and onboarding session will be provided before the competition begins.
Community Hub: The Test Chat Discord
Stay connected through our official Discord server for announcements, Q&A, mentor support, and participant discussions throughout the event.
What to Submit
Each team must submit the following deliverables for their two chosen challenge areas:
01. Test Strategy & Scenarios
Your testing approach, test scenarios, and the rationale behind your coverage.
02. Automation Solution
Automation scripts with execution reports demonstrating the test execution outcomes.
03. Defect Report
A structured report of the bugs identified, including reproduction steps, expected and actual behavior, and severity.
How You’ll Be Evaluated
Our judges will assess the quality of your testing approach, not the number of test cases you create.
- Test Strategy & Coverage
Demonstrate a well-planned, risk-based testing approach with meaningful coverage. - Boundary & Edge Case Testing
Validate limits, edge cases, and boundary conditions to uncover hidden issues. - Workflow & State Validation
Test both valid and invalid user flows, including different state transitions. - Data Validation
Verify data integrity, access control, and scenarios involving multiple users or roles. - Test Data Management
Show a thoughtful approach to creating and managing test data for reliable testing. - Effective Use of PostQode AI
Use clear, structured, and purposeful prompts to generate high-quality test assets. - Bonus: Real Defect Discovery
Extra credit will be awarded for identifying genuine issues beyond the intentionally seeded defects.
Contest Rules
1. All submissions must be created during the official competition period.
2. PostQode AI is the official and exclusive AI platform for this competition and must be used by all participants.
3. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are encouraged through the official Discord community.
4. All questions for organizers, mentors, judges, or sponsors should be posted in the designated public Discord channels so that everyone can benefit from the responses.
5. Participants must not contact judges privately regarding the competition or its evaluation.
6. Respect fellow participants. Do not interfere with, copy, or disrupt another team’s work.
7. Any attempt to attack, exploit, disrupt, or compromise the competition platform or related systems will result in immediate disqualification.
8. Participants are expected to maintain a professional, respectful, and inclusive environment throughout the competition.
9. The organizers may update or clarify the competition rules if required. Any changes will be announced through the official Discord channels.
10. By participating, you grant Agile Testing Alliance and PostQode AI permission to use your submissions, presentations, recordings, screenshots, and related materials for educational, community, marketing, and promotional purposes.
Awards
Prize details will be announced before the competition kickoff on 11 July. Stay tuned to ATA’s LinkedIn for the latest updates.
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