What is the Pesticide Paradox?

153    Asked by AnishaDalal in QA Testing , Asked on Apr 29, 2022

During an interview with a major MNC , I was asked this curious question of " What is meant by pesticide paradox ? " I have been working as a Test Engineer for almost 4 Years but I have never come across this terminology. Can you help me with a real time example ?

Answered by Anil Jha

Pesticide Paradox


The phenomenon that the more you test software, the more immune it becomes to your tests - just as insects eventually build up resistance and the pesticide no longer works. [Beizer] from: https://strazzere.blogspot.com/p/testing-terms-glossary.html



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