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# update_application_status

> Move an application forward, or add notes.

<Note>
  **Write tool** — changes something on the account that owns the API key. Requires a WorkWay API key.
</Note>

Updates the status and/or notes on a previously logged application. Only the fields supplied are changed. Requires `log_application` to have been called for that job first.

## Parameters

<ParamField body="job_slug" type="string" required>
  Job slug of a previously logged application.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="status" type="enum">
  One of `Applied`, `Interview`, `Offer`, `Rejected`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="notes" type="string">
  Free-text notes, e.g. interview feedback.
</ParamField>

## Example prompts

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Try asking" icon="comment">
    "Move the Ping Identity application to Interview."
  </Card>

  <Card title="Try asking" icon="comment">
    "Add a note that the recruiter call went well."
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Response

```text theme={null}
Updated "ping-identity-staff-software-engineer-8676157002" to Interview.
```

<Tip>
  Supplying only `notes` leaves the current status untouched, and vice versa.
</Tip>