The application uses offer statuses to track a candidate's progress through the offer process. Offer statuses don’t appear in the Status drop-down list in the Candidates tab of Recruiting > Job Requisitions because, unlike with non-offer statuses (for example, In Progress, First Round Interview), offer statuses are assigned to candidates automatically based on events that occur during the offer process.
At any point during the offer process, you can manually update a candidate's offer status to a non-offer status using the Status drop-down list. For example, if the candidate has the Offer Initiated status, and you decide to move forward with another candidate, you can manually update their status to Declined.
Note: There is no requirement for candidates to have the Offer Accepted status before they are hired.
For a list of offer statuses used in Recruiting, see Offer Statuses.