Start QA Career and supercharge it with AI
From Zero to AI Tech-Enhanced QA Engineer in 20 Weeks
For over 30 years, Portnov has launched thousands of QA careers.
Now, we’ve redefined our proven bootcamp with AI-powered tools, automation, and hands-on real-world projects — because the future of QA is fast, intelligent, and already here.
• Bootcamp with hands-on, instructor-led classes (3 hrs per session) + internship
• Flexible Schedule: Day (10am–1pm) or Evening (5pm–8pm)
• Online & In-Person Options with session recordings
• Small Group Format to encourage peer learning
• Test Real Applications through projects and internships
• Resume Support tailored to your background
• Interview Coaching with one-on-one mock sessions
• AI-Powered Testing Curriculum: from planning, test cases, automation and defect analysis
• More than 10,000 graduates who successfully start it career
• California Government-Approved for vocational education
• No Prior IT Experience Required — just motivation and commitment
For over 30 years, Portnov has launched thousands of QA careers.
Now, we’ve redefined our proven bootcamp with AI-powered tools, automation, and hands-on real-world projects — because the future of QA is fast, intelligent, and already here.
• Bootcamp with hands-on, instructor-led classes (3 hrs per session) + internship
• Flexible Schedule: Day (10am–1pm) or Evening (5pm–8pm)
• Online & In-Person Options with session recordings
• Small Group Format to encourage peer learning
• Test Real Applications through projects and internships
• Resume Support tailored to your background
• Interview Coaching with one-on-one mock sessions
• AI-Powered Testing Curriculum: from planning, test cases, automation and defect analysis
• More than 10,000 graduates who successfully start it career
• California Government-Approved for vocational education
• No Prior IT Experience Required — just motivation and commitment
What you'll learn
Software QA Fundamentals
(40+ hours)
(40+ hours)
- SDLC and development models (Waterfall, Agile: Scrum, Kanban, Extreme)
- Test documentation, bug tracking, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams
- Interview preparation
Frontend Testing & IT Technologies (40+ hours)
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- Web services (REST API)
- Networking, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Interview preparation
Backend Testing (24+ hours)
- UNIX OS, Linux, SQL, RDBMS
- Interview preparation
Mobile Testing (40+ hours)
- Live projects using Android Studio Emulator
- Interview preparation
Test Automation (40+ hours)
- Playwright with JavaScript / Selenium WebDriver with Java
- Cucumber BDD, Jenkins for CI/CD, GitHub
- Test types: regression, acceptance, GUI, etc.
- Interview preparation
AI Tech Enhanced QA Engineer (40+ hours)
- Create test plans with AI Prompt Engineering
- Generate test cases with context-aware logic
- Build BDD feature files using AI that understands your domain
- Intelligent debugging with AI
- Regression coverage and optimization with LLM
- Integrate AI into QA Automation to automate tests quickly
- Design test data and boundary cases with LLM-driven permutations
- Let AI fix flaky locators, waiting issues, and test instability
- Interview Preparation
Intensive Internship
- Internal and external (California only)
- Work on real-life software testing projects
- Participate in Agile rituals: Stand-ups, sprints, retrospectives
- Test automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber
Intensive Internship
- Internal and external (California only)
- Work on real-life software testing projects
- Participate in Agile rituals: Stand-ups, sprints, retrospectives
- Test automation using Java, Selenium, Cucumber
Job Search Workshop
- Covers common interview questions with best practices
- Video examples from:
- Recruiters
- Hiring Managers
- Team Members
- HR
Why This Isn’t Just Another QA Course
- Proven Record + Future: Portnov’s 30-year success meets cutting-edge AI tooling
- Hands-On + Practical: You don’t just learn — you do real testing on real projects
- Placement-Driven: Built to get you a job — not just a certificate
- AI-Ready: You’ll leave with the skills recruiters now expect
This course is for those who don’t want to waste a minute!
Portnov Computer School is known as the pioneer in QA education. It is the oldest one in the U.S. (over 30 years) and is the only one backed and approved by the U.S. Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
Our graduates have an unheard-of success of 79% placement rate. That’s partly because we take care of our students like no other computer school. Every student goes through an internal internship and then can do one of several external ones (working in real IT companies) to be ready for a good-paying QA job.
We offer both daytime (10 am – 1 pm) and evening (5 pm – 8 pm) programs. This career change program is ideally suited for students who work during the day or have other schedules. This flexible program allows students to complete their training, providing them with the flexibility to choose their timeframes. The course takes 16 weeks to complete.
Most programming jobs take years of education — but you can become a QA specialist in just a few months. The industry is growing so fast that people are often getting hired right out of our courses at $35+/hour. People who previously worked minimum wage jobs in factories, grocery stores, etc., people for whom English is not their first language, people with zero programming skills or IT background — everybody can become a QA specialist and be ready to ace the interviews (and get a job) after completing our QA course.
Every class is limited to 40 students with an individual approach and 1-on-1 teacher attention to each student. Students learn to work in small groups of 5-7 people (just like in a real job), discuss topics in class, and can always privately ask the teacher any questions.
- Learn a new skill from scratch - regardless of your current experience
- Choose a convenient training schedule ( offline or online)
- Get an in-demand specialty and you a high-paying job that has great potential for advancement
- Work from anywhere in the world
How does the course proceed?
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Live sessions
(Online and In-Person)During these sessions, you will gain new knowledge on the topic. -
PracticeHomework with practical assignments, working with the teacher, and feedback -
Live and RecordedLearn live or catch up with recordings if you miss a session -
Self-StudyAccess to an online library with additional information for independent learning
This program is suitable for those who
Have never worked in IT
and want to gain a sought-after profession and secure employment from scratch.
Want to change career
and obtain a relevant, well-paid specialty in IT.
A convenient platform for learning
Class Schedule
The schedule of online classes is displayed in your personal account. Recorded lessons are also available. Managing your workload is easy and simple.
Watch Sessions
All lessons are live, where you can ask the instructor questions. After the lesson, the video recordings with subtitles are available to you.
Complete Assignments
After each class, you complete homework assignments or practical tasks. These are reviewed by instructors: they will praise you for successful work or provide guidance on how to improve your results.
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FAQ
According to BPPE school performance fact sheet (SPFS) 70+ percents of our graduates are successfully working in the IT industry.
After completing the course, you can submit your CV to Junior or Middle positions. You will get enough practical experience, hard and soft skills to be competitive on market.
After completing the course, you can submit your CV to Junior or Middle positions. You will get enough practical experience, hard and soft skills to be competitive on market.
Our courses are for beginners, so you don't need any prior knowledge to join the course. The course program is designed to teach the future tech specialist comprehensively and consistently, starting from the basic knowledge.
Absolutely. We work with new technologies that are used in the IT industry. We update our course program once a year. Moreover, our teachers are industry experts who have been working in tech for a long time and happy to share with you some fresh ideas and tools that are competitive on the market now.
To help graduates build a successful career in the digital economy, we support their first steps, help them write their CVs, and prepare for interviews. For the best students we provide external internships in a real IT company in Silicon Valley.
Testimonials
- Olha⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Portnov Computer School has given me a great start in my new career.
The course is well-organized and gives you a lot of valuable knowledge. At first, it can feel overwhelming because there’s so much information, but over time, everything starts to make sense. The most important thing is to stay motivated and persistent. If you keep going, you’ll get the best out of what the school has to offer. - Ivan V⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I graduated Portnov in autumn of 2022 and had an absolutely life changing experience. The staff has taught me so many things about Software Testing and made it very digestible for someone like me who did not have any background knowledge in IT. When I finished the QA Express course I started the internal internship and worked really hard to become knowledgeable on all the concepts. I learned everything from the basics of networking, database manipulation, writing automated test scripts using Selenium and JavaScript, as well as the building blocks for web development.
After the internal internship the school helped me a lot with finding a paid internship in a real company, which I successfully got the offer for with all the interview training that the school provided. I worked at that company for a year and recently got a position at a very big and well known IT company, which I will be starting very soon. - Sahithi⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I am a very recent graduate of Portnov computer school. I can say that after a long career break, joining PortNov is the best decision I have made.
Everything here is very well organised with excellent faculty who is always willing to help.
They literally teach each and every thing we need in order to become the best QA engineer.
My special thanks to my wonderful teachers, Ozzy, Artem, Anna. What a wonderful and informative sessions we had !! I truly miss them.
And Sofia, Julia, Galina are really very experienced and took personal interest in each and every student.
I love Portnov Computer school. I have also enrolled another course and I am excited about it !!! - Ekaterina⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I completed the boot camp and internship at the end of October 2023 and on Jan 3rd 2024 I started a job as a QA UAT Engineer. I had no experience or any background in IT or anything related to software engineering. The boot camp was challenging, but very well organized, and instructors ensured anyone could understand the concept and learn whatever you’d need to get a job. The internal internship was a game changer in terms of understanding the day-to-day of a QA and gaining real-life experience. As I’ve been working as a QA for the last few months not a day goes by when I don’t think this wouldn’t be possible if not for Portnov Computer School!
- Natalia S⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The courses are thoughtfully designed, and the instructors are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about their subjects. I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Yan, Jana, Sasha, Galina, Ozzy, Artem, Sofia, and Julia. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and patiently answering all my questions. I am immensely grateful for my time at Portnov Computer School and highly recommend it to anyone seeking a top-notch education in a supportive environment. Thank you to everyone at Portnov Computer School for providing incredible opportunities and unforgettable memories.
- Vitalik K.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Huge shoutout to the amazing team and instructors – their expertise and support were truly invaluable. The course offered a comprehensive curriculum and hands-on learning that equipped me with essential skills in just a few months. After completing the internship, I wasted no time in applying for jobs and, incredibly, landed a position within two months. This accomplishment speaks volumes about the quality of education and mentorship at Portnov. A big thank you to the school for paving the way to my career success – highly recommended!
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