Once an exploratory visit is accepted by MPNP, the applicant will receive a response like this.
"Thank you for your email. We accept your request to make an exploratory visit to Manitoba, lasting seven to ten days. We will schedule an interview with you near the end of your visit. Based on how well your exploratory visit goes, we will decide whether to issue you an Invitation to Apply to the MPNP within 30 days following your interview. Please let me know the dates you will be travelling to Manitoba, so we can set up the interview date and time".
During the interview, if the immigration officer feels that the applicant is organize, covers all areas of the exploratory visit and can express himself with confidence and without difficulty, then the officer will issue an invitation to apply right away just like what happened to me during my exploratory last year.