Jason Reynolds

I've been building RPA workflows in UiPath for about three years now, all self taught, mostly picked up on the job at a mid sized logistics company. Never took the official exam. Recently, I have applied to larger enterprises, and the trend I observed was that almost all job postings require certification, even when my job requirements have not altered in any way.

This has me stuck on a real decision. Is the certification really more valuable to companies than three years of experience, or is it just a criterion for the HR filter software to screen out my resume before any human even sees it?

From what I have read, one thing that makes sense is that a lot of people claim UiPath experience without any way to verify it, so certified status is apparently meant to separate people who can prove their skills from people who say they have them. That tracks with what I'm seeing in job posts, but I don't know if it holds up once you're actually in the interview room talking to someone technical.

I found this while trying to figure out if it's worth the time and cost right now. UiPath Automation Developer Professional Certification benefits on CertBoosters get into how the credential is viewed in enterprise hiring and what the market looks like beyond just the US, which was useful context I hadn't seen laid out elsewhere.

For those of you who got certified after already having real experience, did it actually change anything in your job search or interviews, or was it more just to get past resume screening?