Become a Game Tester Easy Steps Thinking about becoming a video game tester? It's actually not quite as difficult as one may think since there are many different video game testing companies out there. However, there are also a lot of people who love playing video games, so you will have to fight for each game testing job. But if you follow these four easy steps, you'll have a game testing job in no time.

1.) Get some experience. Join open beta testing when you can. If that's not an option and you're a university student, make friends with computer programming students and help test their programs. Basically, you just want to be able to show video game companies that you've done a little bit of testing before. It doesn't have to be a lot, but having a little experience is helpful. If you can beta test a few games by major  companies, that helps even more.

2.) Research the industry. If you want to only test fighting games, for example, it may not be worth your time sending your resume to Square-Enix since they don't make a whole lot of games in that genre. Capcom, however, and Namco do, so you'd want to focus your efforts on them. It's also a good idea to know where each company is located, if they post jobs for beta testers on their website, and how large the company is.

Larger companies generally produce more games a year and therefore need more game testers; however, many people looking to be testers send their resumes only to these large companies, so you may be able to more easily get a job with a smaller game company. It's a good idea to apply to some of both.

Game Tester Steps

3.) Prepare a great resume. Even if you don't have a lot of video game testing experience, there are still some things to highlight on your resume. Any job you've had that involves writing reports should certainly be listed. A lot of the work you'll do as a game tester involves writing reports to the programmers explaining the bugs you've found and what exactly you were doing in the game when you found them. This means you've got to have good writing skills. List any work-related tasks that involved paying great attention to small details, too. Under education, mention any writing and computer programming classes you've had. While it's not necessary to have programming knowledge, if you have done programming before, it's a good thing to point out. Don't worry if few of your jobs involve testing or video games—most game companies realize that few other jobs will provide you with game testing experience.

4.) Don't give up. Just like with other jobs, it make take sending out several resumes before you get an interview, and it may take several interviews before you land a game testing job. Just keep at it. If you have a passion for video games and a talent for writing error reports, you'll land a game testing job.