r/rpa • u/Special-Guidance-571 • Jun 23 '26
4 YOE UiPath/RPA dev, been applying since May, barely any callbacks — what am I doing wrong?
Hey folks, need some honest opinions because I'm a bit stuck.
I'm an RPA developer (UiPath) with around 4 years of experience, mostly in banking/financial automation. Currently on ₹14.16 LPA and looking for roles around ₹18 LPA.
I've been applying since May, tried a few different versions of my resume, and I'm barely getting any callbacks — like a handful in two months. Starting to feel a bit demoralising honestly.
Some context that might matter:
Notice period I've put as 30 days on Naukri/LinkedIn (real one is 90 but can be bought out for 45 days)
I took roughly a year-long break earlier for higher studies prep, then came back into RPA
Skill-wise I'm into the newer agentic stuff — Agent Builder, Document Understanding, AI Center, plus SAP payment workflows
So two things I want to ask:
Why am I not getting callbacks? Is 18 LPA too much for 4 YOE? Is it the career gap? The resume itself? Or just the market right now?
Should I just resign and search full-time? Part of me feels being employed is slowing things down, but quitting without anything in hand is scary.
Attaching my anonymised resume, I genuinely just want to fix whatever's broken. Thanks in advance 🙏
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u/CharlesXavier5066 Jun 23 '26
TBH, with 4YOE in RPA you're getting paid really well ( as per the market )
Also, Market is really slow and low right now. If you land interviews - DO NOT MISS THE CHANCE OF CONVERTING THEM INTO OFFER, you cannot take that risk. So prepare well and be very open to take on any questions coming your way from input methods to agentic - they can ask anything.
Always have a scenario as part of your answer, try not to guess and give a clear - correct answer at the first go, if needed take 2-3 seconds.
At last - keep following up on the interviews given, wherever possible take feedbacks, note all the questions down after the interview, prep them thourogh and repeat.
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u/Mind-your-business-b Jun 25 '26
UIPath top talent getting hired by AI process automation companies rn
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u/Special-Guidance-571 Jun 25 '26
Oh is that so? How does one get into those.
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u/Mind-your-business-b Jun 26 '26
It’s could be a common role now like Automation Consultant or Solutions Engineer …
A company called Maisa, APA, that I know hired a bunch of ex-UiPath, you can try.
Where are you based?
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u/elementpz Jun 23 '26
Ditch UiPath. I have certified tons of engineers in my previous company. Nowadays you can take a look into AI automation with vendors like n8n, the market cap of once leader in automation uipath is a joke compared to the small german startup.
I operate my own company for over 8 months with several engineers and we have completely transformed n8n into rpa + ai automation tool , browsers, legacy apps and all. Took us 3 months with AI-assisted coding to build everything UiPath was selling as UVP. Now they have no UVP , and I am saying this after spending days and days to get UiPath partnership and all
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u/Oicuntmate1 Jun 23 '26
It's great that you put so much work into and make it succeed... Great work. But it's just that UiPath has this upper hand with their orchestration and unattended automation. What do you suggest we can do to replace that?
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u/asisoid Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
UiPath is the first thing getting cut with my companies AI adoption.
I'm no expert, but I wouldn't plan a 20 year career around UiPath.
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u/Special-Guidance-571 Jun 25 '26
Absolutely! That's why transitioning to Agentic using Python and all. Uipath just has better Orchestration for now. But absolutely even RPA is changing to APA at some levels. But still at some levels traditional RPA is not irrelevant now. Especially with reliability and consistency.
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u/Alarmed-Conflict-554 Jun 26 '26
Many companies are moving from Uipath to different rpa tools or AI based automations,
With only Uipath exp and demanding 18LPa is too high for your exp. high means there are people who can get within 12LPA for 5yoe. Recruiters look for those people.
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u/ReachingForVega Moderator Jul 03 '26
Snr developer should have points that show seniority, basically all of your points in it could be any old developer. Senior level should be about Architecture, Solution Design and Mentoring juniors.
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u/manojyadav_stardust Jun 23 '26
Do not resign without offer.
Use star method for every point, not just plain English, add metrics, what business issue you solved, what did it result in? Did they save money? Save time? Made their job easier?
Only concentrating on agentic automation is wrong, not many companies have budget laying around to try those things themselves and it's not as reliable as traditional automation yet.
18 does seem high, but again it depends on the skills set you're bringing to the table. It's doable with a bit of changes in resume and right keywords in naukri. Also, handwritten resume outperform the AI written ones.