Statuses & Transitions
Every job application in Nico follows a lifecycle from initial discovery to final outcome. There are 12 statuses organized into 5 categories that map to your kanban board columns.Status overview
State machine diagram
Forward transitions
The typical happy path moves forward through these stages:Terminal transitions
These can happen from any active status:Termination reasons
When an application ends inrejected or withdrawn, you can record why.
- Rejection reasons
- Withdrawal reasons
When a company rejects your application:
Furthest status tracking
Nico automatically tracks the furthest point each application reaches. Even if you move an application backward (for rescheduling, for example), the furthest status is preserved. This powers your statistics — helping you understand where in the process your applications typically succeed or stall. Tracking order:draft → applied → acknowledged → phone_screen → interviewing → final_round → offer → negotiating → hired
Terminal states (
rejected, withdrawn) don’t update the furthest status — only forward progress through the pipeline counts.