I have created a sample custom object and simulate your scenario. You can use this example and apply your custom object.

This is the visualforce page

<apex:page controller="TestBoard20Controller">


  <apex:form > 
  <apex:pageBlock >
  <apex:pageBlockSection >
     
          <apex:inputField value="{!SearchCriteria.Field1__c}"/>
      
          <apex:inputField value="{!SearchCriteria.Status__c}"/>
          
          <apex:commandButton value="Search" action="{!filterApplicant}" reRender="applicantTbl,error"/>
      
  </apex:pageBlockSection>
  
      <apex:pageBlockTable styleClass="appTbl" id="applicantTbl" value="{!FilteredApplicants}" var="applicant">
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Name}"/>
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Company__c}"/>
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Field1__c}"/>
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Interview_Date_Time__c}"/>
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Name__c}"/>
          <apex:column value="{!applicant.Status__c}"/>          
      </apex:pageBlockTable>
      
      <apex:pageMessages id="error"></apex:pageMessages>
  </apex:pageBlock>
  
    </apex:form>
</apex:page>

This is the controller

public with sharing class TestBoard20Controller {
    public List<Applicant__c> FilteredApplicants{get;set;}
    public String SelectedValue1{get;set;}
    public String SelectedValue2{get;set;}
    public Applicant__c SearchCriteria{get;set;}
    
    public TestBoard20Controller ()
    {
        SearchCriteria = new Applicant__c();
    }
    
    public void filterApplicant()    
    {
        FilteredApplicants = new List<Applicant__c>();
        
        FilteredApplicants = [SELECT Id,
                                     Name,
                                     Company__c,
                                     Field1__c,
                                     Interview_Date_Time__c,
                                     Name__c,
                                     Status__c
                              FROM Applicant__c
                              WHERE Status__c =: SearchCriteria.Status__c
                              AND Field1__c =: SearchCriteria.Field1__c];
         if(FilteredApplicants.size() == 0)
         {
            Apexpages.addMessage(new ApexPages.Message(ApexPages.Severity.INFO,''+'No records to Display')); 
         }
    }
}

 This is just a basic example. You can modify this with jquery, javascript, etc.

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