> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.inploi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Applications

> Review candidates and move them through your hiring stages

# Applications

The **Applications** area shows the candidates who have applied to your roles. You can review applications per job on a board organised by stage, or search across every application company-wide, then move candidates through your hiring stages.

## Finding applications

* **Per job** — open a job and view its applications on a board organised by [stage](#stages), or as a table.
* **Company-wide** — use the Applications view to search and filter applications across all jobs.

## Application detail

Each application shows:

* **Application details** — the candidate's answers and submitted information
* **Documents** — any files attached to the application, such as a CV
* **History** — a timeline of stage changes and actions taken on the application
* **Other applications** — the same candidate's other applications, where available

You can also leave comments and collaborate with your team as you review a candidate.

## Stages

Applications move through a set of hiring stages. On a job's board, candidates are organised into columns by stage so you can see where everyone is and move them forward.

| Stage           | Meaning                                              |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Applied**     | New applications                                     |
| **Shortlisted** | Selected for further consideration                   |
| **Interviewed** | Has been through an interview                        |
| **Offered**     | An offer has been extended                           |
| **Hired**       | Offer accepted — a final stage                       |
| **Rejected**    | Not progressing — a final stage                      |
| **Withdrawn**   | Candidate withdrew, or was withdrawn — a final stage |

**Hired**, **Rejected**, and **Withdrawn** are terminal: once an application reaches one of these, the only way to move it again is to **Reinstate** it.

## Moving applications

Use the actions on an application to move it between stages:

| Action                | Effect                                                                 |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Shortlist**         | Move to Shortlisted                                                    |
| **Move to interview** | Move to Interviewed                                                    |
| **Make offer**        | Move to Offered                                                        |
| **Hire**              | Move to Hired                                                          |
| **Mark as withdrawn** | Move to Withdrawn                                                      |
| **Disqualify**        | Move to Rejected, with a reason                                        |
| **Move to stage**     | Move to a specific stage                                               |
| **Reinstate**         | Bring a disqualified or final-stage application back into the pipeline |

You can also rate an application, and add a note when taking an action.

Only the actions that are valid for an application's current stage are offered. Disqualified applications, and those that have been hired, can only be reinstated.

<Note>
  Per-company custom stage lists are not yet configurable in Studio — the stages above are the standard set used across the pipeline.
</Note>

<Note>
  Applications and candidate records are held in [Talent Bank](/talent-bank/overview). Some details and actions depend on your Talent Bank configuration.
</Note>