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Selected for interview

Selected for interview is the status of a job application when the applicant has been chosen to take part in an interview for the job.

In plain English

This means the application has moved forward to the interview stage. The employer has chosen the applicant to take part in an interview for that job.

In context

Here, it reports that the candidate has been chosen to move on to an interview for the job.

Situation
Applying for jobs, reading vacancy labels, and following recruitment status
What it communicates
reports that the candidate has been chosen to move to an interview.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say whether the applicant will be hired.

Examples

“Mina was selected for interview, but the company hired another applicant.”

Core meaning

“Of the twelve people who applied, four were selected for interview.”

In context

  • job application status Broader Term

    This is one kind of job application status.

  • hired Contrast

    This status means the applicant has been chosen for an interview, not that the applicant has been hired.