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About me
Name: Alicja Kalemba
Location: Silesia, Poland
Occupation: 🕵️♀️Junior Software QA Tester with background in 👩🏻💻UX/UI Design, 🎶music and 👩🏻🏫education
Motto: Seeing through the user’s eyes, testing with a sharp focus
Bio: I am an open-minded, curious professional, driven by the need to help others, and understand the world in depth. I aim to grow in the field of software development as a Software QA Tester, ensuring software reliability and user satisfaction through thoughtful testing, analysis, and creative problem-solving, applying UX/UI knowledge and empathy for user needs
I N T E R E S T S
QA Testing
Research
HCI
Psychology
Writing
Rock/Metal
Karaoke
Video editing
My strengths
Based on Gallup’s The CliftonStrengths® Assessment
What I bring to the table
Based on my already gained experience in different fields
Music School
What Software QA Testing competencies I gained during many years of mastering playing piano
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MA in Education
What Software QA Testing competencies I gained during studying Early Childhood Education on University, graduating with distinction: 4.87/5
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Preschool
What Software QA Testing competencies I gained during working as a form teacher
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American Camp
What Software QA Testing competencies I gained during working on summer camp in the USA
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Career Transition
What Software QA Testing competencies I gained during discovering career path aligned with my interests, what led me to transition into Software Development field
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MY WORK
What people say
Projects examples
Czasnaherbate.net
My test project of e-commerce website - 102 test cases, 17 scenarios, 21 bugs reports and a Test Report. Made in Polish.
KicksZone
My second UX/UI case study, exposing my progress within four months from the very first project. Responsive e-commerce website with streetwear sneakers. Target user: Gen Z. Made in English.
ZmieńFormat
My very first UX/UI case study, made on UX Design course. Files converter as responsive website and mobile app. Target user: Gen X. Made in Polish.
What is my testing approach
What is my main focus?
Ensuring that software not only works as intended but also delivers seamless, user-friendly experiences by identifying potential pain points and eliminating them before users encounter them.
What do I do to achieve the goal?
I approach testing as a process of discovery. Whether I’m working with clear requirements or conducting exploratory testing, I uncover critical scenarios that could impact the user experience. I prioritize empathy-driven testing to think like a user while maintaining a precise focus on functionality, reliability, and performance. I look for both obvious and hidden issues, exploring edge cases, unexpected behaviors, and complex interactions.
How do I approach the testing process?
I approach each tested area as an investigation, carefully walking through the user's perspective while validating every detail with a tester’s precision. I combine exploratory testing with structured scenarios, ensuring all critical flows are covered. For me, testing is about improving both software and the overall user experience—creating tools that are intuitive, effective, and enjoyable to use.
What is my design approach
What is my main focus?
Delivering simple tailored digital functionalities to help people with their daily tasks, making finding information and using tools as easy as possible.
What do I do to achieve the goal?
First of all, I go down the rabbit hole in research to get strong fundaments. I believe it's crucial to fully understand the problem, as well as users' and business goals, allowing room to discover mutually satisfactory solutions. I base my decisions on content analysis and I meticulously design on its findings.
How do I approach the UI?
I incorporate visual elements focusing on people, striving to achieve minimalist yet concise and useful interactions.
What are my research abilities?
My competence and facility in conducting the research and interpreting the results has been growing in academic field and evidence for that are great reviews of my two theses (See testimonials).
Process visualization based on:
https://www.codecademy.com/resources/docs/uiux/design-methodologies/five-elements-of-ux-design
https://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-resources/the-double-diamond/
Garrett, Jessie James. The Elements of User Experience. 2nd ed., New Riders Publishing, 2010.
Frost, Brad. Atomic Design., Brad Frost Publishing, 2016.
Alechnavicius Vy. Get into UX: A Foolproof Guide to Getting Your First User Experience Job, Experience designed, 2021.
Conta Anthony. The Art and Science of UX Design: A Step-By-Step Guide To Designing Amazing User Experiences, New Riders Publishing, 2023.
Skills
Certificates
Tools
Email me
kalembalicja@gmail.com
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