AWS Shipped Amazon Connect Talent to General Availability, Putting an AI Interviewer Between Candidates and Every Recruiter in Retail, Logistics and Hospitality

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AWS moved Amazon Connect Talent from April preview to general availability on September 17, 2026. Recruiters configure competency criteria and questions per role; AI agents then run the interviews and assessments on demand, returning scored candidate summaries with transcripts and per-competency evidence rather than a single opaque score. AWS built it on Amazon's own internal hiring systems, the same playbook it used to turn in-house contact center tech into Amazon Connect, which puts direct pressure on HireVue and the screening tier of Greenhouse and Workday.