Top RPA Robotic Process Automation Interview

Questions And Answers

We have compiled a set of Robotic Process Automation interview questions to help you prepare for
your RPA job interview. The topics included are RPA solution architecture, RPA lifecycle, UiPath
tool, Citrix automation, creating RPA bots, screen scraping, RPA vs. macros, detailed activities
performed by UiPath, Blue Prism Vs. UiPath, single block activity in UiPath and more. Learn RPA
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Top Answers to RPA Robotic Process Automation Interview Questions

1. Compare Robotic Process Automation with traditional automation?

Criteria Robotic Process Automation Traditional Automation

Technology Non-intrusive, scalable & versatile Intrusive, less scalable & not versatile
Interface Mimics human action Relies on coding & APIs
Customization Very good Average
Integration Excellent Average

2. What is RPA?
Robotic process automation (RPA) is a type of software that is used to do automation of
fundamental tasks in software applications like how a human performs it. The software robot can be
trained for a workflow/process with different steps & application. It could be for example, taking
received forms, sending a receipt message, checking the forms for completeness, documenting the
form in a folder and updating a spreadsheet with the form name, the date recorded, etc. RPA
programming is intended to diminish the weight of monotonous, straightforward tasks/work on
workers.
3. List the different types of tools in RPA.
1. Blue Prism
2. UiPath
3. Automation Anywhere
4. Work Fusion
5. Openspan

4. Describe the Lifecycle of RPA.

There are 4 different phases in RPA lifecycle-

 Analysis – Identification of business process for RPA development occurs

 Development of Bot – Fulfillment of requirements

 Testing phase – Quality checks are performed

 Deployment & Maintenance – Bot is deployed and maintained by the team.

5. How do you deploy the UiPath tool?

 Install UiPath Studio on the system you want to automate processes.
 The robot key from orchestrator is taken to Provision the machine & entering it into the
 Robot Configuration board and furthermore the Configuration URL which you will find in
the Admin area of Orchestrator
 Publish your procedure except if you simply need to utilize your current procedure
 Create environment
 Make release of process
 Start job

6. How do you invoke a UiPath workflow?

Workflows are small pieces of common automation that are reusable and applicable in multiple
scenarios. They are used to automate similar processes. You can invoke a workflow using “Invoke
Workflow” function in UiPath and save it as a template. You can also combine two workflows to
make it combined automation.

7. What is Citrix automation?

Citrix automation is used to automate process such as filling fields in form and submitting the form
in a virtual desktop application. You can use processes such as data entry form filling using Citrix
automation.

8. What are RPA Bots and how to create one?

Bot creator tools such as Automation anywhere or UiPath is used to create bots which are used to
automate processes or tasks. To create a bot –

 Record a task

 Complete the bot implementation

 Test the bot

 Upload the bot to perform the automation tasks

9. What is the difference between TaskBot, MetaBot and IQBot in RPA tool?

Features TaskBot MetaBot IQBot

Core Facilitates scalability with Continuous learning &
Used in Front end
competency next-gen integration enhance process automation
Repetitive and rule based
Used in Complex, scalable process Manages fuzzy rules
tasks
HR administration. Enterprise wide automation. Learns from real time,
Example Procure-to-pay, quote-to- Only minimal maintenance extracting languages from
cash is needed. the given data.

10. List the Industrial applications of RPA.

 Banking – Automation of credit card applications in bank, loan processing
 Retail – Update orders, manage fake accounts, process shipping notifications
 Telecommunication – Monitor subscriber feeds, fraud management and customer data
updates
 HR – Candidate sourcing, Background verification, payroll automation.

11. List the Advantages of Robotic Process Automation

 Efficiency of the tasks is improved
 Tasks are performed quick and without errors
 Increase in productivity
 Cost saving
 Turnaround time is decreased

12. How do you do screen scraping in RPA?

Screen scraping is an essential component of RPA toolkit, it is used to capture bitmap data from the
screen and cross verifies it with stored information to decipher it.

13. List the benefits of Screen scraping.

1. Works on application elements that are not accessible through code or UI frameworks.
 2. Text digitization through Optical character recognition (OCR).
3. Easy to implement & mostly accurate.

14. How can you differentiate RPA from Macros?

Robots Macros
Learns and enhances itself from the repetitive process Does not learns from the repetitive process
Can act Autonomously Cannot act autonomously
Responds to external stimuli and reprograms itself Does not respond to external stimuli.
Highly secured automation Security is not a high priority here

15. What are the different automation frameworks in software automation testing?
1. Modular automation framework
2. Keyword driven framework
3. Hybrid automation framework
4. Data driven framework

16. List the components of RPA Solution Architecture.

1. Enterprise applications such as ERP Solutions (SAP)
2. RPA tools – In any environment such as Citrix, web or desktop
3. RPA Platform – Scheduling, distributing & monitoring the execution of software bots.
4. RPA Execution Infrastructure
5. Configuration management

17. What is thin client & thick client in RPA?

Thin client Thick client

Does not run on local machine, runs on virtual client/server Directly installed in local machine
architecture. itself.
Eg. Any apps like notepad, browser
Eg.vmvare, virtualbox
etc..

18. List the limitations of RPA.

1. Limitations to tasks like decision making or judgmental tasks.
2. It is not a cognitive computing solution rather learns through experience only
3. Might be error prone if subjected to new environment without experience
4. Cost of implementation is higher across the industry for RPA.

19. Explain Flow Switch in UiPath.

Flow switch (aka) Flow decision is a flowchart specific activity that splits the control flow into two
or more branches based on conditions. Whichever condition is satisfied, that task is executed.

20. What are the different activities performed by UiPath?

 Core activities – for automation process
 Cognitive activities – for language translations
 Credential activities – for enabling the adding & deleting of credentials
 Database activities – for executing queries, transactions
 Excel activities – for automating MS Excel tasks
 FTP activities – for performing functions in FTP server
 Intelligent OCR activities – for digitization and scraping
 Mail activities – for working with IMAP, POP3, SMPT, Outlook
 PDF activities – for data extraction from PDF
 Python activities – for invoking python scripts and methods
 Terminal activities – for retrieving data from terminal
 Web activities – for performing SOAP and HTTP request to any web APIs
 Word activities – for automating activities in MS Word

21. What are the various types of recording available in UiPath?

1. Basic recording
2. Desktop recording
3. Web recording
4. Citrix recording

22. Difference between Blue Prism and UiPath.

Blue Prism UiPath

Programming language Uses C# Uses VB
Control room/dashboard Client based server (app based) UiPath orchestrator (web based)
Cost Higher cost of acquiring & using Lower cost of development

23. What are the important aspects to be considered in the planning phase of automation?
1. Selecting the right RPA tool
2. Selecting the right framework
3. Various items such as In scope and Out scope based on task
4. Test environment
5. Identification of deliverables

24. If the Organization Infrastructure is not aligned with RPA then what needs to be done?
RPA does not have compatibility issues, they can be simply enabled in existing organization’s
infrastructure to keep in phase. It can be modified, and it is flexible enough to make it aligned easily
with the organization.

25. Define Single block activity in UiPath.

Single Block Activity (aka) Sequence is a small project used for linear processes. They enable us to
go from one activity to another activity in the flow manner, acts as a single block activity. It is
reused when needed for automations as individual or as part of state machine.

26. How do you use assign activity, delay activity in UiPath?

Assign activity is generally used to assign a value or output to a variable. It can be used inside loop,
array. Delay activity is used to delay or pause the automation for a particular duration.

27. How do you use assign activity, delay activity in UiPath?

When the Robots and applications run on the same machine, we can use UI Automation. It can
integrate directly with the technology behind the application to trigger events, identify elements and
getting the data. There are 3 types such as-

 Desktop automation

 Image automation

 Background automation

28. What are Selectors in UiPath?

UiPath uses selectors that stores attributes of a graphical user interface element and its parents as a
shape of XML fragment. Selectors are automatically generated. A selector has the following
structure:
<node_1/><node_2/>…<node_N/>

29. What are Selectors in UiPath?

It is a type of automation that uses finite number of states in its execution. Only when an activity is
triggered it enters a state, and it exits the state when another activity is triggered. The activities of
state machine are Entry, Exit and Transitions.

30. Explain how to create and remove argument in UiPath.

To create an argument –

 In the designer panel, click arguments. The argument panel is displayed.

  Click on Create argument line.
To remove argument –

 In the Arguments panel, select an argument or right click on the argument and press Delete.

31. What are the different types of Logs and what are the log fields?
There are two different types of Logs –

 Default logs
1. Execution start
2. Execution end
3. Transaction start
4. Transaction end
5. Error log
6. Debugging log

 User defined logs

The log fields are – Message, Level, Timestamp, FileName, jobid, processName, processVersion,
windowsIdentity, robotName.