Guide or Information to Create State Machine workflow on SharePoint Designer 2013

Hi All,
I am currently working on a workflow that requires 5 approvers who can approve, reject or review and submit again.
In a situation where an approval is given, the flow goes to the next approver.
Where it is Review and Submit Again, the control is transferred to the originator who started the the workflow and the entire process restarts
When it is a reject, the workflow stops.
Kindly advice on how to get this working.
Best Regards,
Ifeatu
Ifeatu Osegbo

Hi
Ifeatu ,
For achieving your demand, you can take steps as below:
Add a “Start a task process” action in your workflow.
Click “these users” and Start a Task Process edit page will pop up.
In the Participants field, input your 5 approvers based on the order of approval.
In the right of Participants field, select “Serial (one at a time)”.
In the Task Options section, select “Wait for specific response” for Completion Criteria.
For Required Outcome, select “Rejected”.
Go to workflow setting page, select “Start workflow automatically when an item is created” and “Start workflow automatically when an item is changed” for the Start Options
setting.
Best Regards,
Eric
Eric Tao
TechNet Community Support

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