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Application Administrator I & Enrollment Systems Specialist
Posted Aug 7, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you trained staff on a system they did not want to change. How did you get them on board?
What they are checking: Whether they can teach patiently and make a new process feel easier, which decides whether the system gets used.
Tell me about a process you improved by changing how a system worked, not just by fixing a bug.
What they are checking: Whether they look for ways to remove manual work and improve how the office runs over time.
This role also helps the Director of Admissions with recruitment plans and admission policy. How do you see the systems side and the recruitment side working together?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that the CRM exists to help recruit students at UW-Parkside, not as a technical project on its own.
What would you do
You open a support ticket with Technolutions and the reply does not fix the problem. What do you do next?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage a vendor relationship and keep pushing for a fix while finding a workaround.
Two campus offices ask for changes to the same application form that conflict with each other. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can surface conflicting requests and get a decision instead of quietly picking a side.
How would you explain a system outage or update to admissions staff who are in the middle of a busy recruiting cycle?
What they are checking: Whether they communicate clearly and early with stakeholders who depend on the system to do their jobs.
About the work
What have you built or configured in Slate, and what part of it are you most comfortable working in?
What they are checking: Whether they have real hands-on Slate experience with queries, forms, rules or portals, or only used it as an end user.
An admissions counselor says applications are landing in the wrong reader bin. How do you track down the cause?
What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot systematically through rules, data and recent changes instead of guessing or patching symptoms.
How do you test a configuration change in Slate before it goes live to the admissions team?
What they are checking: Whether they protect live recruitment data by testing in a safe way and checking edge cases first.
How do you keep student data in the CRM accurate and private, and what rules like FERPA guide you?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that admissions data is protected student information and handle access with care.
How do you document your configuration work so someone else could pick it up?
What they are checking: Whether they leave the system maintainable for a small team rather than keeping knowledge in their own head.
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