What does "shortlisting for this post is still in progress..." mean in the context of a UK job application? I am trying to understand a message for an application in the UK that I received today. Here is the message ;


  The shortlisting for this post is still in progress, we hope to be
  able to notify applicants of the final decision shortly.


This message is not clear to me. Does it mean that I am not shortlisted but longlisted? What should I understand from this message?
The message means what it says. The shortlist hasn’t been decided yet. Whoever wrote you the message does not have more information to provide you at this time, or if they do, then they are not at liberty to provide it.

Any additional layers of interpretation that you choose to add to this message, such as inferring that you are longlisted, you add at your own risk. Certainly no one here can tell you whether such an interpretation is valid or not.

Good luck!