Hey guys, long time lurker at SDN, first time poster.
I just recently got the "completed" status that is basically putting you on hold. Looking at the older application threads, people who called in sometimes got interviews as they were in the top 10% of applicants. When I called, the lady seemed to just read directly off my status update, which was depressing 🙁. She did say they were still looking at my app, which is weird considering I got the "completed... we give interviews until March" status.
I was wondering, if anyone else has done the research, how long people waited before calling did they receive a "better" status update when calling. I recall that some people did get a "you may be considered for interview and if you would like to, please send us a letter of interest" kind of thing." But I got nothing like that when I called. So I want to make sure the next time I call, I get more in depth information about my status, but I don't want to call every week and bother them.