FD, thanks for this thread and trying to get our questions answered.

It seems there are many of us that have been thrown into that "on file" category. I assumed that the reason this happened to me (back in January when I got my app in) was because my avail date wasn't until May. Well, May has come and gone, and I still haven't heard anything, so apparently it wasn't my avail date.

So, what exactly causes one app to go "active" and one to go "on file"? Does it have something to do with the mystical score of 1 to 8?

I was told that if you are "on file", HR doesn't even know who you are. Your application is lingering in the depths of the web server of some contract HR company in Atlanta who is receiving and sorting the applications. I also heard that all the "on file" applications would be looked at before the end of the year and the annual "dumping of the apps" prior to opening the application the following calendar year.

How much of this is accurate?

Thanks!
Trouser