January 2026 (Week-3) — Weekly Platform Enhancements, AI Interviews & Security Updates
January 2026 (Week-3) — Weekly Platform Enhancements, AI Interviews & Security Updates
1. New Features Released
- Resume Upload & Launch Voice Interview
Candidates can now upload resumes and seamlessly launch AI-powered voice interviews as part of the hiring flow. - AI Interview Rounds Enabled
Introduced structured AI interview rounds to support scalable, consistent candidate assessments. - HR Round Support
Added support for HR-based interview rounds, enabling multiple interviewer evaluations within the platform. - Dynamic Question Generation
Questions are now generated dynamically:- Based on the Job Description
- Tailored to the organization’s context
- Generated round-wise for structured interview flows
2. Interview Intelligence & Evaluation
- Persist Interview Verdicts
Interview decisions are now stored securely for each round, ensuring continuity across the hiring pipeline. - Round-wise Scoring & Feedback Generation
Automatically generate structured feedback and fill scores after each round. - Eligibility Status Updates
Candidate eligibility is now updated automatically based on round outcomes.
3. Credit & Usage Management
- Accurate Credit Deduction
Used credits are now deducted reliably based on interview actions and round completion.
4. Security Improvements
- Resume Upload Access Control
Restricted and secured resume upload access to prevent unauthorized usage. - Critical Vulnerability Fix
Resolved 1 critical-severity vulnerability in third-party packages to strengthen platform security and stability.
5. Platform Improvements
- Improved reliability of interview round transitions
- Enhanced system consistency across AI, panel, and voice interview workflows
January 2026 (Week-2) — Weekly Platform Enhancements, Security & Improvements
January 2026 (Week-2) — Weekly Platform Enhancements, Security & Improvements
1. Dashboard & Platform Visibility
Key improvements were made to enhance clarity and system visibility across the platform:- Added a job selection empty state before displaying the sourcing funnel on the dashboard
- Introduced observability dashboards to monitor signups, interviews, and system failures
- Enabled alerts for error rates, latency, and queue depth
- Identified and tracked all backend services involved in signup, interviews, and credit usage
2. Customer & Account Structure
The platform now supports stronger customer-level organization:- Introduced Customers as a parent entity
- Enabled each customer to own multiple jobs
- Added filters to view jobs, candidates, and reports by customer
- Jobs are now dynamically loaded based on the selected customer
3. Job & Candidate Experience Enhancements
Multiple improvements were made to simplify hiring workflows:- Limited candidate outcomes to Shortlisted or Rejected
- Displayed a simple rejection message without detailed scores
- Added integrity check popups to improve candidate experience
- Enabled Kanban-style job detail view for better tracking
- Added Copy Link and View Report quick actions
4. Location & Configuration Improvements
Job location setup is now more flexible and user-friendly:- Enabled selection of multiple cities (e.g., Hyderabad, Bangalore, Others) without requiring a pin code
- Introduced Country → State → City configuration for structured location management
5. Communication & Scheduling
Interview communication has been improved for better coordination:- Added calendar reminders for interviews
- Enabled email confirmation notifications
6. UI & UX Enhancements
Several visual and interaction improvements were rolled out across the platform:- Replaced default job tables with a card-based job view
- Replaced default candidate tables with a card-based candidate view
- Updated global navigation tabs to pill-style design
- Enabled upload and display of 1–2 company images in job descriptions
7. Security & Platform Hardening
Security and data protection were strengthened across the application:- Implemented OTP lock after repeated failed attempts
- Sanitized all user-provided inputs
- Escaped dynamic content and applied Content Security Policy (CSP)
8. Integrations & Event Tracking
Enterprise integrations now offer deeper visibility and traceability:- Added Darwinbox event logs for all tenant events
- Enabled users to view a clear event trail when clicking on each Darwinbox event, displayed in simple, non-technical language
9. Infrastructure & Reliability
Platform reliability and monitoring were further strengthened:- Improved error detection with real-time alerts
- Enhanced backend monitoring to proactively identify system bottlenecks
- Increased operational visibility across critical workflows
10. Known Issues
- Some monitoring and alert thresholds are being fine-tuned
- Minor UI alignment improvements are still in progress
11. Upcoming
- Advanced reporting and analytics dashboards
- Further enterprise-grade scalability enhancements
- Continued UX simplification across recruiter and candidate flows.
January 2026 (Week-1) — New Updates, Features, Improvements & Infrastructure
January 2026 (Week-1) — New Updates, Features, Improvements & Infrastructure
1. Core Platform & State Management
Significant improvements were made to ensure clarity and consistency across platform states:- Clear differentiation between loading, error, empty, and mutation states
- Introduced a global reusable empty state component with consistent messaging
- Synced scores across all UI views to eliminate mismatches
2. Profile & Account Enhancements
User personalization and onboarding experience have been improved:- Profile image upload enabled by clicking anywhere on the avatar placeholder
- Mandatory Terms & Conditions acceptance enforced after onboarding
- Auto-created sample data for new accounts (1 job, 1 candidate, 1 interview)
3. Job Creation & Management
The job creation and publishing experience has been streamlined and made more robust:- Job tabs renamed to Published, Drafts, and All
- Enforced job publish rules publishing is blocked if Location, Work Mode, or CTC is missing
- Visual grouping added in job creation for:
- AI screening configuration
- Scheduling
- Publishing
- Defined a standardized score schema (Resume, AI, Human, Cumulative)
- Fixed score reduction issues when editing jobs post interview completion
4. Resume Upload & Candidate Intake
Resume handling and upload workflows were enhanced for better usability:- New inline drag-and-drop resume upload component
- Upload processing loader added within the same component
- Resume and video upload size validation enforced via S3
- Email extraction from resumes to trigger shortlist notifications
5. Interview Experience & Scheduling
Interview flows were simplified to reduce friction for both recruiters and candidates:- Scheduling flow simplified by removing date selection
- Instant Interview option enabled
- Designed clear Shortlisted and Rejected candidate states
- Prevented interview start when credits are unavailable or missed
6. Credits & Billing Stability
Multiple fixes were applied to ensure accurate credit usage and recovery:- Fixed credit deduction issues blocking interview start
- Credits are now released when interviews fail or are canceled
- Credit usage percentage overlay added to the header for visibility
7. Voice & AI Enhancements
AI interview experience received major voice and intelligence upgrades:- Voice selection option added in Settings
- ElevenLabs integration enabled for intent screening agent
- Improved AI flow consistency to reduce repeated or skipped questions
8. UI & UX Improvements
Platform-wide visual and usability refinements were rolled out:- Careers page layout improved with a clean 2-column responsive structure
- Removed legacy split layouts and outdated guideline screens
- Improved UI spacing across careers and dashboard views
- Dark theme fixes applied for better readability
9. Platform, APIs & Enterprise Readiness
Enterprise scalability and backend reliability were significantly strengthened:- Customer-layer APIs introduced for organization-level access
- Auto Scaling Groups configured to avoid cold starts
- ASG Warm Pools enabled for faster instance readiness
- Baseline capacity set to handle 30–40% peak load
- ALB health checks optimized for faster failover
- CPU and memory-based service auto-scaling enabled
10. Known Issues
- Ongoing stabilization based on feedback from SR, NIT, and Darwinbox teams
- Minor AI flow and transcript consistency improvements are still in progress
11. Upcoming
- Further enterprise-grade stability improvements
- Enhanced AI interview state management
- Expanded reporting and monitoring capabilities.
December 2025 — Innovations, Upgrades, and Corrections
December 2025 — Innovations, Upgrades, and Corrections
1. Careers Page & Job ApplyA fully functional public careers page has been implemented for each organization, enabling seamless job discovery and applications.Key features include:
- Public careers page deployed per organization
- Apply-to-job API integrated for application submissions
- Job listing API powering the careers page
- Users can now publish jobs directly from the job creation step
- Enhanced careers layout with improved spacing and responsiveness
- Simple Job Creation flow with auto-default human interview settings
- Job Type field now available during job creation
- Fixed table height and footer alignment in create job flow
- Deadline date picker now restricts past dates with helpful popup messaging
- Redesigned KPIs component on Job Details page using Darwinbox reference for improved visual clarity
- Full onboarding flow from start to finish
- Confetti animation celebrates plan selection
- Auto logout & redirect on session expiry for security
- Workflow updates supporting new Lambda functions
- API updates for seamless onboarding data management
- API endpoints to create org, create user, attach plan, and save preferences
- Organization utilities endpoint added for better org management
- Category reset on save issue fixed
- Autocorrect interference with typing resolved
- Overall score now updates instantly for real-time feedback
- Input clearing issues eliminated
- Candidate profile in Step 3 featuring resume viewer and side-curtain analysis
- GitHub analytics integrated directly inside candidate profile
- Developer classification using AI within GitHub analytics for technical role assessment
- Removed DB dependency, now uses local storage for better performance
- Migrated from OpenAI to Azure OpenAI for improved reliability
- Updated next.config.mjs to include external packages for server components
- Refactored resume upload API with Azure OpenAI initialization and PDF parsing
- Enhanced HTML generation for downloadable resumes with better formatting
- Fixed video tile layout issues for consistent display
- Resolved grid issues in YouTube tutorial layout
- Added dynamic zoom level detection for adaptive layout changes
- Improved video player styles and responsiveness
- MeetingContainer now supports new dynamic layout switching capabilities
- Dark theme global fix — forced background white, text black for readability
- Updated toaster icons with categorization by success, warning, and failure
- Header displays percentage overlay for credit usage visibility
- Improved careers and dashboard UI spacing for better visual hierarchy
- Added 25 FAQs to Help Center for self-service support
- Refactored Feedback dialog for multiple file attachments
- Added per-file removal capability for granular control
- Implemented file size validation with proper error messages
- Billing UI layout completely redesigned for clarity
- Credit usage percentage overlay prominently displayed in header
- SMS notification system implemented for timely updates
- OTP system implemented for secure authentication
- Additional workflow lambdas added for automation
- API enhancements for onboarding and job-related flows
- Org utilities API added for managing pending organizations
- Auto-logout on session expiry for improved security
November 2025 — New Features, Improvements & Fixes
November 2025 — New Features, Improvements & Fixes
1. Job Dashboard Interview Visibility EnhancedScheduled and completed interviews were not visible in the job dashboard.New Job Profile KPIs now provide visibility into interview workflow at a glance.2. Cross-Organization Jobs & Candidates Visibility ImplementedRecruiters could previously see only their own jobs and candidates.We now provide full organization-wide visibility, allowing all recruiters to access all jobs and candidates across the company.3. Candidate Email Join Link Reliability ImprovedConnectivity issues prevented some candidates from joining interviews via email links.A patch has been deployed to ensure all email links are reliable and accessible.4. Additional Bulk Parsing & Interview Sending Stability UpdatesAdditional performance improvements were made to ensure smoother operation for sending AI interview invites and bulk resume parsing.
October 2025 — What's New & What's Improved
October 2025 — What's New & What's Improved
1. Screening Questions Edit Feature AddedRecruiters can now modify screening questions even after job creation using the Edit Job option.2. Recommended Section Logic UpdatedCandidates scoring above 70% were not moving into the Recommended section.The process has been improved:
- An eligibility column (yes/no) has been added
- Movement now depends on the human interview verdict
September 2025 — What's New & What's Improved
September 2025 — What's New & What's Improved
1. AI Interview Deadline Modification Process ClarifiedRecruiters requested guidance on updating AI interview deadlines for existing candidates.A clear workflow has now been implemented:Job → Actions → Edit Job → Update Deadline.Changes apply to all pending candidates.2. AI Interview Invite Threshold Configuration AddedAI invites were being sent inconsistently.The system now sends AI interview invites only to candidates scoring above the benchmark threshold.This ensures improved quality control and candidate filtering.3. AI Interview Status Now Visible in Candidates SectionThe AI interview status was missing from the Candidates tab.This has been addressed, and statuses are now fully visible in Job Details → Candidates.4. Bulk Parsing & AI Interview Sending Issues FixedUsers faced issues when sending AI interviews or uploading multiple files.Enhancements include:
- Support for docx, pdf, and text files
- Bulk upload limit increased to 20 files
August 2025 — Feature Rollouts, Enhancements & Bug Fixes
August 2025 — Feature Rollouts, Enhancements & Bug Fixes
1. AI Interview Verdict Added to ReportsA post-interview report is now generated for all AI interviews, clearly showing whether a candidate is“Recommended” or “Rejected.”2. AI Voice Not Audible in RecordingsIf the AI voice is not audible during screen sharing, please ensure thatsystem audio sharing is enabled. This resolves the issue.3. Human Interview Report Visibility Issue is FixedPreviously, when the Human Interview toggle was switched off, interview reports for candidates who had completed their human interview were not visible. This issue has now been fixed, and reports remain visible regardless of toggle changes.4. Meaning of “Not Available” StatusThe status “Not Available” in the interview report indicates that the system could not generate a verdict due to the benchmark settings configured on the job description page.5. Subtitles Support AddedSubtitles are now available during AI interviews for both:• AI Voice• AI AvatarThis enhancement improves accessibility and clarity during the interview.