UiPath Interview Questions



UiPath Interview Questions

UiPath is one of the most promising Robotic Process Automation tool. Hundreds of organisations are now realising the true potential of automation for their business processes. UiPath is emerging as a winner and is being taken up to automate back office processes. Automation is not new but many tools in the market like Automation Anywhere, BluePrism & UiPath have really unleashed a promising future by automating and reducing costs for the companies.

What makes UiPath Unique ?

UiPath comes in two versions. One is community edition and second one is enterprise. Based on usage one can opt for using either of these. As a user of community version of UiPath, below are some of the benefits of using UiPath :

Easy to setup : UiPath can be installed within few clicks and then we are ready to go ! Simple interface yet powerful : Easy to use, drag & drop features making it easy for user to

/control. Inbuilt Robotic Framework : Set framework to automate your business process. Easy to work

through queues and complete the tasks Levels of Automation : Build a process to automate fully or even partly with interference of

human & partly with UiPath ! Resuable projects : The simple automation tasks can be transferred and shared with another

user Documentation : Open documentation which user can browse and learn. Certification: The UiPath certification is free till 31st December 2019.

The company has now hit a 7 Bn$ valuation . This gives way for an outstanding opportunity and thousands of UiPath experts needed for UiPath related work as more and more organizations adopt. It is hence needed to prepare for UiPath Interview Questions to crack the job and take the most out of it !

Below are some of the UiPath interview questions that you must go through :

1. What do you mean by RPA ?

Ans. RPA is Robotic Process Automation. It is a process to automate any workflow or business process by using a robot/application. We have many RPA tools currently in the market used by the enterprises. Some of them are :

UiPath Automation Anywhere Blueprism



2. How is UiPath different from other RPA tool in the market ?

Ans. UiPath has grown tremendously owing to its best in class features which is easy to use. UiPath has an amazing knowledge sharing community which makes it unique. As a user of UiPath I can see that its simplicity and no code workflows can be used to automate any back office processes.

3. Is it possible to retrieve the color of a specific Excel cell?

Ans. Yes. It is very easy to work with excel and UiPath has lot of pre defined excel activities. You can use 'Get Cell Color' to retrieve the color of a specific cell.

4. What are the different types of variables that can be defined in UiPath Studio ?

Ans. There are many different types of variables. Below are some of them :

Text True Or False GenericValue Array Date and Time Data Variable Number

5. Which all technologies can be used for Background Automation in UiPath ?

Ans. Below are some of the background automation used in UiPath :

Data Entry o Simulate Type Method o Send Window Messages Method o Set Text Activity

Data Extraction o Get text o Full text method o Web Scraping

Controls Manipulation o Simulate Click Method o Send window Message Method o Check Activity o Select Item

6. How can you identify a column in Data Table ?

Ans. We can identify a column in Data table :

By using column name



By using column index

7. You need to collect employees data and send it by email as an Excel file. What type of workflow is the most suitable for the final part, which adds the file attachment, formats the email, and sends it?

Ans. The most suitable type of workflow for this final part is Sequence.

8. Which is the best way to delete unreferenced variables?

Ans. You can manage your variables from the Design panel > Manage Variables > Remove Unreferenced.

9. How can you dynamically change parts of a selector?

Ans. We can dynamically change parts of a selector by using variables to replace the dynamic parts

10. What type of argument can you define to pass data and retrieve the modified value from an invoked workflow?

Ans. In/Out

11. While automating an installation wizard, a pop-up window may or may not appear. What can you use to close the window without stopping the workflow?

Ans. We can do the following to close the window without stopping the workflow :

Use a Click activity with the ContinueOnError property set to True. Use a Click activity inside a Try Catch activity

12. When should an Attended Robot be used ?

Ans. Attended robots should be used when the processing of some input data relies on human decision.

13. How does the Anchor Base activity work?

Ans. It searches for an UiElement by using another UiElement as anchor.

14. Where can the logging level of a robot be changed from?

Ans. Below are the ways from which logging levels can be changed :

The robot settings, which are accessed via the UiPath Robot icon in the System tray. Orchestrator, in the Edit Robot section, the Settings tab.



15. What is the best way of managing variable values within a workflow, so that they can be shared on different robots and environments ?

Ans. It can be done by using assets in orchestrator

16. What can be used to debug a workflow?

Ans. Below can be used to debug a workflow :

BreakPoint Slow Step Highlighting Activities

17. What robots can be selected when you start a job from Orchestrator?

Ans. Any robot in the same environment as the process to be executed.

18. What all statuses can a transaction have?

Ans. Below are status which a transaction can have :

New In progress Successful Abandoned Failed Retried Deleted

19. How should exceptions be handled?

Ans. Exceptions can be handled by :

By using Try Catch activities inside the workflow for unexpected application exceptions. By validating data using conditional blocks for business exceptions.

20. In the UiPath Robotic Enterprise Framework template, in the Main workflow, what is the default type of the TransactionItem variable?

Ans. QueueItem

21. How can you improve a selector?

Ans. We can improve a selector :

By replacing the dynamic parts of an attribute with wildcards. By using intermediate containers for a better matching of the UI element.



22. Which emails are deleted if you use Get IMAP Mail Messages with the DeleteMessages property set to true?

Ans. The ones in the list that is retrieved by the Get IMAP Mail Messages activity.

23. Consider three GenericValue variables, var1 with the default value of "3 apples", var2 with the default value of "5 mangos", and the result, which is the output of an Assign Activity with the var1 + var2 expression. What is the value of the resulting variable ?

Ans. 3 apples5 mangoes

24. Is there any way to hide the execution of one activity in the logs?

Ans. Yes, by checking the Private property of the activity that is to be hidden.

25. What happens if you try to end the execution of a job by clicking the Stop/Cancel button in UiPath Orchestrator?

Ans. Below is what will happen :

The job state is changed to Canceled/Stopped, even if no Should Stop activity was used Execution is killed

26. What is the best way of scraping a large, selectable text in a Citrix environment?

Ans. Select the entire text and copy it with the Copy Selected Text activity.

27. When requesting a work item from Orchestrator Queues using the Get Transaction Item activity, what do you need to specify ?

Ans. The name of the Queue which contains that specific work item

28. How can you pass data between workflows?

Ans. By using arguments.

29. What happens if the ClickBeforeTyping property in a Type Into activity is selected?

Ans. Before typing, a click is performed at the center of the UiElement.

30. What is the difference between a Click activity whose SimulateClick property is checked and another one with the same property unchecked?

Ans. The activity with the SimulateClick flag unchecked moves the mouse cursor over the target element, while the one with the flag set does not move the mouse cursor.

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