Internal notes on candidates, Echo AI interviewer, a redesigned candidate page, and more

New

Internal notes on candidates, with visibility tiers A new Notes tab on every candidate profile lets you write internal notes and choose who sees each one: Private (just you, plus anyone you name), Shared (the hiring team), or Interview panel (the hiring team plus assigned interviewers). Mention a colleague with `@` and they're notified by email and in the app.
Echo AI interviewer in your interview plan You can now assign Echo as the interviewer for any stage in your interview plan using a clear Who runs this stage? toggle — People or Echo. Stala schedules Echo-stage interviews from the candidate's availability alone, with no human panel required.
See what your AI agents have learned about you A new Agents Memory tab on your profile shows what the assistant has picked up about how you work — your timezone, tone, and recurring preferences. If something it learned is wrong or stale, you can erase it with Forget everything.
Focus areas, notes, and transcript search for interviewers Interviewers now see CV-suggested focus areas alongside the interview guide, and the scorecard tab includes the AI summary, recordings, a transcript download, and a Search Transcript box to find what the candidate actually said — all scoped to their assigned interviews.

Improved

Candidate page: key info and actions always visible The Overview tab is gone. CV match score, current stage, next interview, and feedback summary now sit in a strip above the tabs — visible from every tab. Schedule Interview, Advance, and Reject live there too, with clear explanations when an action isn't available.
Navigate intake form sections from a left-hand menu Intake forms no longer stack as one long scrolling page. Sections now appear as a menu on the left, with one section shown at a time. Each tab shows how many questions are answered, and the overall progress bar sits in the form header.
Navigate interview plan stages from a left-hand menu Interview plan stages now appear as a left-hand menu instead of one long scrolling page. If a hidden stage has a validation problem when you save, its tab flags the issue and takes you straight there.
Interview transcripts are back for recorded interviews The transcript download and Search Transcript panel had silently disappeared after a note-taker provider change, even though every transcript was still being captured. Both are now visible again on the interview stage.
Stala always greets candidates by their first name Every message Stala sends — individual availability requests and bulk ones alike — now always addresses the candidate by their first name. Previously the greeting could come out as a bare "Hi," depending on how the AI phrased it.
Fewer default permission roles New organizations now start with four default roles — Admin, Recruiter, Hiring Manager, and Interviewer — instead of six. The Coordinator and Read only roles have been retired; existing groups are untouched and keep working.
AI agents remember how you work, not just your last job The assistant now builds up a picture of your working style — timezone, tone, conventions — instead of filling up with details from whichever role you last discussed. Job-specific details still apply to that conversation, but no longer follow you onto your next role.
Your preferences yield to your organization's AI context When something the assistant has learned about your personal preferences conflicts with your organization's configured AI context, the organization's information now wins — every time, across all agents.
Retired permission roles are clearly marked If your organization has a group built from the retired Coordinator or Read only role, it's now marked as such in the permissions UI. The group still works — you can rename, edit, or delete it — but the unavailable "Manage template" action is no longer shown.

Fixed

Echo interviews no longer join silently without audio Echo interview tickets were expiring before the meeting started when an interview was booked more than 6 hours in advance. Echo now joins with full audio as expected, regardless of how far ahead the interview was scheduled.