Nope, not even a guaranteed interview.

As it was explained to me, and as I read the details I was sent, and in the words of an acquaintance, "it's simply a guaranty to initiate the selection process". Which is the same process as an OTS, with some additional caveats internal to XJT

As in, if a candidate's profile isn't acceptable to UAL based on a bunch of vague non descript criteria, they don't even get to initiate the process. If one does meet the criteria, but doesn't get through the HPI, they don't get the interview, which ISN'T guaranteed in the first place. JUST LIKE AN OTS picked out of the stack.

Now, compare that to the Pinndeavor/DAL SSP program, that ACTUALLY DOES guaranty an interview. As well as waive a tad bit of criteria that would/could exclude a pure plucked out of the stack PURE OTS non pref interview candidate.

There are a few prolific examples.