Application Statuses allow you to add a custom status to your applications based on the round the application is in. This article will walk through what an application status is and how it can be used within your SurveyMonkey Apply site.
Statuses are most useful for informing applicants of their progress within the site and are completely custom built. For example, if the applicant has moved to a review stage, you can create a status called "In Review" that will be applied, and made visible to every application in that stage.
If an application has a status applied to it then the status will be visible to the Applicant. If you do not wish for information to be visible to the applicant, consider using Labels instead.
Applications statuses are created within each stage of your program's workflow.
To create a new status:
Now that you've created a status you can refer to How to Apply an Application Status for next steps.
To rename an application status within a program
This change will only be cosmetic and will not affect any of the applications that the status is applied to.
To delete an application status within a program:
Deleting a status will not have any effect on your applications. It will simply remove the status from all applications it was previously applied to.
Below is a list of potential use cases for statuses within the various stage types.
| Additional Information Required | If you have follow-up stages create a status for "Additional Info Needed" to flag to the applicant that they need to enter their application and complete additional tasks. |
| In Review | Create a status to inform the applicant their application is under review by one of the reviewers. |
| Final Review | Create a status to inform the applicant that their application has passed the initial review stage and proceeded to the Final Review Stage. |
| Pending Final Decision | In the case where you have a holding stage to keep your applications while you discuss the final decision you wish to give. You can use this status to inform the applicant that they are being considered for the program but no decision has been made. |