Candidate Scorer — UiPath / GovCon

UiPath Developer 16 questions

01Tell me about your UiPath experience — how long have you been working with it and what kinds of projects have you built?

02Walk me through a UiPath automation you built end-to-end. What was the process and outcome?

03Difference between Attended and Unattended automation? When would you use each?

04Have you worked with REFramework? Walk me through the states.

05How do you handle exceptions? Business Rule vs Application Exception?

06What version control do you use for UiPath projects? Git experience?

07Describe how you use Orchestrator day-to-day.

08Bot breaks in production — walk me through your process.

09Have you worked in a VDI, Citrix, or locked-down federal environment?

10What UiPath version are you most current in?

11Active security clearance? What level? (We sponsor — just need to know status)

12Worked on-site at a federal agency?

13What did a bot you built actually save — time, headcount, errors?

14How do you document automations for handoff or maintenance?

15Hardest bot you've built — what made it hard?

16Bot failed in production — what happened and how did you fix it?

Solutions Architect 15 questions

01Describe a UiPath solution you architected from scratch — scope, decisions, what you'd do differently.

02How do you assess whether a process is a good automation candidate?

03Built or led a Center of Excellence? What did governance look like?

04How do you design for maintainability and prevent technical debt?

05What enterprise integrations have you led? SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, APIs?

06Gone through an ATO process for an RPA deployment? Walk me through it.

07Stakeholder wants to automate something that shouldn't be — how do you handle it?

08Experience with UiPath Test Suite or QA strategy for RPA?

09How do you calculate and communicate ROI for an automation program?

10Active security clearance? What level? (We sponsor — just need to know status)

11Federal agencies or contract vehicles you've worked under?

12Worked in air-gapped or restricted internet environments?

13How would you onboard a new client agency to UiPath from zero?

14What does your reusable component library look like?

15Biggest automation program failure you've seen — what caused it?

Business Analyst 15 questions

01Walk me through how you've worked with a development team to translate business requirements into an automation. What was your role?

02How do you document a process for handoff to a UiPath developer? What does your PDD or process map look like?

03Have you worked on RPA or automation projects before? What was your involvement?

04How do you handle it when a process owner keeps changing requirements mid-project?

05Describe a time you identified that a process wasn't actually a good automation candidate. What did you do?

06How comfortable are you reading and interpreting data from systems like SAP or financial databases?

07Have you done UAT (user acceptance testing) for automations? How do you approach it?

08Walk me through how you run a requirements gathering session with a stakeholder who doesn't know what they want.

09Have you worked with audit or compliance processes before? Financial systems?

10Active security clearance? What level? (We sponsor — just need to know status)

11Have you worked on federal or government contracts before?

12How do you handle conflicting priorities from multiple stakeholders on the same project?

13What tools do you use for process documentation? Visio, Lucidchart, Confluence?

14How do you measure whether an automation actually succeeded after go-live?

15You're in a pod with developers who say something can't be automated the way the client wants. How do you bridge that gap?

Project Manager 15 questions

01Walk me through a technical project you managed end-to-end. What was the scope, your role, and the outcome?

02Have you managed projects with cross-functional technical teams — developers, architects, BAs? How do you keep everyone aligned?

03How do you handle scope creep on a federal contract where changes have to go through a formal process?

04Describe a time a project was behind schedule. What did you do and what was the outcome?

05How do you manage government stakeholders who are slow to respond or hard to pin down on requirements?

06What project management methodologies have you used? Agile, Scrum, waterfall, hybrid?

07Have you managed projects involving RPA, automation, or systems integration?

08How do you communicate project status to executive stakeholders vs. the technical team?

09Have you managed subcontractors or worked as a subcontractor on a prime contract?

10Active security clearance? What level? (We sponsor — just need to know status)

11What federal agencies or contract vehicles have you worked under?

12Walk me through how you'd stand up a new pod from scratch on a project that's still being defined.

13How do you handle a team member who's underperforming on a client-facing program?

14What tools do you use for project tracking? Jira, MS Project, Monday, something else?

15This program will expand from Army to Navy to DoD in the first year. How do you manage your own bandwidth as scope grows?

Scrum Master 15 questions

01Walk me through how you run a sprint — from planning through retro. What does a good sprint look like for you?

02Describe a team that was struggling to deliver. What did you do and what changed?

03How do you handle a team member who consistently misses commitments sprint over sprint?

04What does your backlog grooming process look like? How do you know stories are ready for sprint planning?

05Have you worked in SAFe? Walk me through how you've contributed to PI planning.

06How do you protect the team from outside distractions or scope creep mid-sprint?

07Tell me about a blocker you couldn't resolve yourself. How did you escalate it and what happened?

08How do you run a retro that actually produces change — not just a list of complaints?

09What Agile tools do you use day-to-day? Walk me through how you use Jira or ADO on an active sprint.

10How do you communicate sprint status and velocity to stakeholders who aren't technical?

11Have you worked on a government or DoD program before? What was different about the delivery environment?

12Active security clearance? What level? (We sponsor — just need to know your current status)

13What's the difference between a Scrum Master and a Project Manager in your mind? Where do you draw the line?

14You're embedded in a pod working on an AI/automation program. You don't need to build the tech — but how do you get up to speed fast enough to facilitate effectively?

15This program is growing — potentially expanding across Army and DoD agencies. What does that mean for how you operate as a SM on one pod?

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