Every application you send has a status, and you can see it. That is deliberate: "no ghosting" is a thing we advertise, and it is worth nothing if the status is invisible or vague.
The statuses
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Submitted | Your application is in. The employer has not opened it yet. |
| Viewed | Someone at the company has opened it. Set automatically the first time they do. |
| Shortlisted | They are interested and you are on the shorter list. |
| Offer made | They have offered you the role. The details — pay, start date — come as a message in the application's conversation. |
| Hired | The company has recorded that you are hired. |
| Rejected | They are not taking it further. |
| Withdrawn | You pulled the application. |
What the two sides can do
The distinction matters, because it tells you what a status means about the other party:
- The employer can move an application to viewed, shortlisted, offer made or rejected. From offer made, the only moves left are hired or rejected. A hire comes only after an offer.
- You can withdraw it. That is the only move you have — you cannot mark your own application as shortlisted, and neither can anyone else on your behalf. Withdrawing is also how you decline an offer. The history keeps that you withdrew from an offer, not from an earlier stage.
Viewed is set automatically on first open. It is not a judgement and not a signal of interest. It means the file was opened.
Hired, rejected and withdrawn are final
All three are terminal: once an application reaches one, it stops moving. A rejected application cannot be un-rejected, and a withdrawn one cannot be un-withdrawn. If circumstances change, the answer is a new application, not a reopened one. An offer is not final: until you are hired, you can still withdraw and the company can still reject.
What we do not do
- We do not tell you your position in a shortlist. We do not know it.
- We do not guess. A status changes because someone changed it, or because you opened something. Nothing here is inferred.
When a listing closes
A published listing closes after 30 days, or earlier if the employer closes it. Applications already in flight keep their status; closing a listing does not reject anyone.