Thank you for your interest to join the auditions for Super Voice and be part of the very first reality show in the testing space.
Call for Auditions Guidelines 📝
This is an opportunity to express your thoughts and share your experience globally with the community. We are open to anyone working in the “Testing” industry with any experience level.
1. Select your topic on a theme of your choice (eg:Leadership and Management, Productivity, Hacks, Experience Report, Test Automation, Testing in Agile and DevOps, Continuous Testing, Test Techniques, Test Management, AI and ML in Testing, Codeless testing, API testing, Mobile Testing, Security Testing, Development Practices, DevOps, Infrastructure, Observability, Accessibility etc)
2. Record your talk, please make sure that your video entry is having a maximum duration of 8 mins which covers a nice introduction, briefing of the main idea of your topic, its relevancy & importance, and closure with key takeaways for the audience.
Things to take care of during Step 2:
– Your talk recording should be a minimum of duration 5 minutes and a maximum of 8 Minutes (strictly).
– The recorded video should include speaker video, screen share(slides, if any) and shot in horizontally mode.
– Strictly no promotional content. Kindly avoid those.
– Please make sure to speak with adequate volume and speak clearly. Try to maintain eye contact with the camera and avoid any distractions/disturbances/noise.
– If you need assistance or have any queries, feel free to contact us over slack or email us at contact@synapse-qa.com
3. Submit your entry via the form below or by clicking the button at the end of this page with all the details filled in.
4. We will notify you regarding the status of submission by 10th July 2022.
5. Kindly prepare a topic handy for the Battle round, to make it easy for you in case you are shortlisted.
6. Further dates regarding the next rounds will be communicated to the selected contestants at a later stage(by 10th July 2022)
How 🧩
It is conceptualised as a 11 episode show (10 recorded & Live Grand Finale) that will bring 12 shortlisted contestants to share their knowledge on different themes, topics, & formats and enhance their speaking skills. The whole event will have different stages as follows, which start with this call for auditions.
Contestants are requested to submit an entry in video format with a maximum duration of 8 mins adhering to the call for audition guidelines from the “Call for Auditions” page.
Audition entries will be screened by our expert panel and 12 contestants will be selected for proceeding to the next rounds.
The 12 shortlisted contestants will be competing in this round with a 10-15 min duration talk based on the theme “Human side of testing” (Test craftsmanship, Test methodologies, approaches, education, career growth tips etc **not covering anything related to technology). 4 episodes with 3 contestants in each episode will be recorded(video) and streamed via our YouTube Channel.
*Episodes are recorded in the presence of Judges similar to the format of the reality show. Dates and structure will be communicated to selected candidates later. Recording is planned tentatively to happen in July.
Elimination: 4 contestants will be eliminated and the remaining 8 contestants(judge’s marks & audience votes) will advance to the next round. We won’t be having an episode for elimination, contestants will be notified accordingly.
The 8 shortlisted contestants will be competing in this round with a 20-25 min duration talk based on the theme “Technology in Testing” (About rising tech trends in testing, future of testing, AI, ML, Automation, Cloud, Codeless, Blockchain etc). 4 episodes with 3 contestants in each episode will be recorded(video) and streamed via our YouTube Channel.
*Episodes are recorded in the presence of Judges similar to the format of the reality show. Dates and structure will be communicated to selected candidates later. Recording is planned tentatively to happen in August.
Elimination: 4 contestants will be eliminated and the remaining 4 contestants(judge’s marks & audience votes) will advance to the next round. We won’t be having an episode for elimination, contestants will be notified accordingly.
The 4 shortlisted contestants will be competing in this round with a 25-30 min duration talk based on the theme “Processes & Approaches in Testing” (Testing in Devops, startups and MNCs, Continuous testing, Testing and continuous delivery, Usability, Agile and testing etc). 2 episodes with 2 contestants in each episode will be recorded(video) and streamed via our YouTube Channel.
*Episodes are recorded in the presence of Judges similar to the format of the reality show. Dates and structure will be communicated to selected candidates later. Recording is planned tentatively to happen in September.
Elimination: 1 contestant will be eliminated and the remaining 3 contestants based on judge’s marks & audience votes will advance to the grand finale. We won’t be having an episode for elimination, contestants will be notified accordingly.
Lightning talks of 10 min per contestant based on theme provided by Judges in a later stage(will be communicated after Playoffs elimination). Live event that determines the title winner of “Super Voice”.
Note: Once you submit your entry for auditions, please start preparing for the next round theme topic so that by the time we shortlist you will have a topic handy.
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