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Under tight deadlines I focus on testing the most critical areas first, prioritising high-risk features and ensuring that no critical issues are missed while meeting time constraints.

To ensure thoroughness while racing against deadlines, prioritize critical tests, leverage automation, and implement parallel testing. Employ risk-based testing to focus on high-impact areas and optimize test case design for efficiency. Foster collaboration through pair testing and encourage exploratory testing to uncover unexpected issues. Maintain open communication, continuously improve processes, and strive for a harmonious blend of speed and quality.

Focus on risk based testing, perform impact analysis by going through the changes in the development code base(ask developers for help with diff analysis/impact analysis). Utilisation of existing automation suite to perform regression testing.