Bickley took over in round 19 after Neil Craig resigned and led the club to three wins and three losses, but it wasn't enough for the Crows to avoid their worst AFL season.
Adelaide finished in 14th spot after its 95-point thrashing at the hands of West Coast at Patersons Stadium on Saturday, ending its season with a 7-15 record.
Even though his side was thoroughly outplayed by the fourth-placed Eagles, Bickley said he was optimistic that wouldn't harm his chances of securing the job permanently.
"I will be applying for the role," Bickley said. "It's been really good for me to have this the experience and that's the reason why I'm confident to say 'Yes', I want to apply for it because I've enjoyed the challenge and think I've got something to offer.
"The advice that I received from the club when I took on the interim role was that it's not always about results of games.
"Obviously we're disappointed with that. But at the same time, I don't think it's going to be the deciding factor.
"I guess they'll put some weighting on what they've seen over the past six weeks, but at the same time this is only two hours out of six weeks.
"I'm sure they would have been looking at a range of things, not just one game and one performance.
"Whilst you may argue three years isn't a long apprenticeship, I feel I have the breadth of experience both knowledge-wise and experience or skills-wise to be able to take the job on."
Bickley's side was dominated by the Eagles in almost every statistic as it succumbed to the ninth-worst loss in club history, with midfielder Scott Thompson (40 disposals) one of few players to put up any resistance.
But the interim coach said the margin wasn't necessarily a true reflection of where the club stood.
"It was obviously a long way off where we want to be, but I guess you have to be a little bit careful with some of the results in round 24," Bickley said.
"They see what's on offer for them, which is to play a big part in what may be a successful premiership side, and to do that they knew they needed to be really hungry and hard tonight.
"We didn't have that carrot and while it's unacceptable to say that's the reason why, we were unable to harden ourselves to get up to the level we want to get to."
Bickley said if he were appointed on a permanent basis he would need to make major changes in several areas to get the Crows back to the finals for the first time since 2009.
"I don't have the silver bullet answer to be able to say there's one or two things wrong and fix it; it's a whole range of things we'll be working on," he said.
"It would be silly to say that everything there is great and we'll just roll on the same. There needs to be a lot of effort in identifying the real key areas to improve."
