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Work experience

Manual QA

from 12.2025 to now (3 months)
Freelance QA Practice, Львів (IT)

- Performed manual testing of web interfaces, including forms, UI elements, and core user flows.
- Created test cases and checklists; reported bugs with clear steps to reproduce and expected vs actual results.
- Conducted basic accessibility testing (keyboard navigation, focus order, missing labels) using browser DevTools for page analyze
- API testing Postman/Devtools

Practice projects are available on GitHub - https://github.com/khristinatsymbala

Career break / Professional retraining

from 07.2024 to 11.2025 (1 year 5 months)
Self-education / Training, Дистанційно (IT)

During this period, I focused on learning and self-training to transition into the QA field.
I studied software testing fundamentals (manual testing), test design techniques, test case and checklist creation, and bug reporting.
Gained hands-on experience in API testing with Postman and Swagger, basic automation with Playwright (TypeScript), and working with Git and issue-tracking systems.
Additionally, completed an introductory C++ course to strengthen my technical background and understanding of programming fundamentals.
Worked on practical pet projects and prepared to start a career in QA.

Interior designer

from 08.2022 to 06.2024 (1 year 11 months)
Freelance, Дистанційно (Дизайн)

Residential and hospitality projects for international clients, including hotel and restaurant projects in Qatar.
Key transferable skills: requirements analysis, quality control, stakeholder
communication, responsibility for the final result.

Interior designer

from 03.2020 to 05.2022 (2 years 3 months)
Piskor Architect, Львів (Будівництво, архітектура, дизайн інтер'єру)

- Held a team lead role on residential and public space projects, coordinating designers and leading design decisions.
- Reviewed deliverables, mentored team members, and ensured alignment with requirements and quality standards.

Junior CG Project Manager

from 12.2018 to 12.2019 (1 year)
Hill Ceramic, Львів (IT)

Coordinated a small 3D team, tracked tasks, and monitored output quality.
Maintained structured project assets and supported efficient production
workflows.

Education

Lviv national academy of art

Bachelor of Art glass, Львів
Higher, from 2014 to 2018 (4 years)

- Developed strong attention to detail, visual analysis skills, and understanding of
composition, color theory, and spatial logic.
- Gained experience working with complex materials and technical processes, following
precise requirements and specifications.

Additional education and certificates

Unreal Engine Developer

2024,5 місяців
Certificate

API Testing Fundamentals - Postman

2025,1 місяць

QA Automation Basics (In Progress) - Playwright

2026

Knowledge and skills

• Figma
• MS Office
• Adobe XD
• Windows
• Trello
• WordPress
• Adobe
• Google Docs
• Slack
• IOS
• Google
• Android
• Ручне тестування
• Написання bug reports
• Написання тест-кейсів
• Jira
• Git
• Postman
• TestRail
• SQL
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• Functional testing
• Non-functional testing
• Exploratory testing

Language proficiencies

• English — average
• Ukrainian — fluent

Additional information

EDUCATION, TRAINING & MENTORSHIP

QA Lead Mentorship
- Mentored by an experienced QA Lead with a focus on QA fundamentals and industry best practices. Covered testing types, test design techniques, bug reporting standards, SDLC/STLC basics, and interview preparation.

API Testing Fundamentals - Postman
- Hands-on training in API testing, including creating requests, working with collections and environments, and basic assertions.

QA Automation Basics (In Progress) - Playwright
- Introductory training in test automation, focusing on test structure, selectors,
assertions, and test execution.

Unreal Engine Developer - Robot Dreams
- Completed long-term Unreal Engine courses, including C++ basics
- Solid understanding of logic, conditions, and system interactions (used now to better understand application behavior as QA)