Workflow Orchestration for Graduate Admissions Interviews and Selection: Draft Materials and Hand Over Responsibilities

Graduate Admissions: review workflows for material handover. Check source versions, input mappings and the values received by downstream nodes.

What this category's data looks like

In the graduate admissions re-examination and admission scenario, materials are mainly of three types: the re-examination plan, the candidate score sheet, and the adjustment list. Their sources are the admissions unit's internal system and manual entry, and their update cadence is concentrated around the re-examination period and the adjustment window. Fields cover candidate number, name, preliminary and re-examination scores, adjustment preferences, dates, and signatures. When the re-examination plan enters the workflow, it assumes the rule and process role, determining the direction of branches and interaction nodes; the candidate score sheet assumes the data role, providing the field source for the material draft; the adjustment list assumes the flow role, and must be aligned item by item with the score sheet in names, quantities, and dates. Versions and signature receipts are synchronously entered into the handover record, forming a signable material draft.

Configuration and implementation checks

This step is executed by workflow nodes (user selection and branching), outputting branch direction and interaction status records. The signable material draft and handover record are completed by subsequent nodes continuing execution according to the branch.

ObjectCheckVerification action
Re-examination planFields complete, responsible person clear, version and date consistentCheck the candidate number, score fields, and adjustment list names and quantities in the plan, check whether signatures and receipts are complete, and verify options and branch connections one by one in the node
Candidate score sheetThe name, quantity, and date of the same record do not match across the two materialsReference the selection result variable in a subsequent node and run a trial, and check whether the variables and nodeId in the run record correspond
Adjustment listVersion not synchronized, missing signature or receiptTrigger a user selection node once, view the node status and interaction status in the run record, and confirm the branch direction
Handover recordFields complete, responsible person clear, version and date consistentDraft one according to the template and complete one handover, see whether missing items are blocked, and check the receipt and signature date

Three common errors

  • Symptom: The name or quantity of the same candidate does not match between the score sheet and the adjustment list. Cause: The two materials are maintained separately and are not aligned item by item before handover.
  • Symptom: The re-examination plan version is not synchronized, and subsequent nodes still follow the old version's branch. Cause: The version and date are not recorded together with the material draft.
  • Symptom: The handover record is missing a signature or receipt, and the process stops. Cause: After the interaction is completed, it is not confirmed that the selection result variable has been passed to subsequent nodes.

How to verify the setup

Feature acceptance: Run a trial for each option one by one, check the branch direction and interaction status in the run record, and confirm that variables and nodeId are referenced by subsequent nodes.

Business test: Draft one according to the template and complete one handover, and see whether missing items are blocked.

  • Verify options and branch connections one by one in the node, and trigger once to view the node status in the run record.
  • Reference the selection result variable in a subsequent node and run a trial, and check whether the variable and nodeId are consistent.