Top qa engineer skills needed to get the job.

What are the top 3 traits or skills every qa engineer must have to excel?

Can you suggest any tips or insights to develop your qa engineer expertise?

Black Belt (Sis sigma - stats galore), Being a computer guru is always a bonus (powerpoint - for all those pretty charts and graphs, excel and any other program used for presentations. Additionally, you must know GD&T (print reading & metrology - gages needed to check product). Those 3
capabilities should at least get you a phone screen

You probably need to be more specific, what kind of QA Engineer? It's a catchall phrase for a lot of positions these days.

I would say automation and scripting experience or knowledge, those are the areas I am lacking and working on to even get another QA job.

- Sean

If it is software QA engineer you need some database skills as well. General sql query language. Using QA tools such as Test Director. I agree with Sean as well, some exposure to running or debugging automation will help. Such as rational or QTP from mercury.