Summer Associate Intern

I reached out to a recruiter who I had a mutual connection with and introduced myself. She was very open and responsive. Had a brief chat with her over the summer and sent her my resume. She said she would make sure I am kept up to date come time for interviews. About 2 months later I received an email from an analyst in the NYC office asking to schedule an phone interview. The phone interview was the standard first round interview. From what I have read and heard about the company taking FT analysts only from their intern class, that was one of my questions for her after the interview. She said that they are interviewing a select group of candidates as well. Reached back out to the recruiter after the interview asking the same question and she said that my interview was for a spot if an intern decided to pursue other opportunities.