§ The result
Bullhorn leads Korn Ferry on all 7 criteria.
Bullhorn scores 54 and Korn Ferry 46 under rubric v1.0, an 8-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. Bullhorn is ahead of Korn Ferry on all 7 criteria but on none of them by as much as 20 raw points, the closest being Post-Market Monitoring at Bullhorn 35 to Korn Ferry 33. FRIA Support is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Bullhorn 38, Korn Ferry 25, 15% weight), but it accounts for only 26% of the weighted advantage Bullhorn holds across the 7 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Bullhorn
Bullhorn is a cloud-based applicant tracking system and CRM for staffing and recruiting agencies, with AI features (Bullhorn Copilot/Amplify, automation, and Textkernel-powered search and match) that source, screen, and rank candidates against jobs.
Vendor profile
Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry provides psychometric talent assessments (Korn Ferry Assess, the KF4D Four Dimensional assessment, KFALP leadership-potential assessment, and the Leadership Architect competency framework) used to evaluate candidates' personality, competencies, drivers, and cognitive ability for selection, promotion, and development decisions.
§ The record
Bullhorn is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Korn Ferry under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only Korn Ferry is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Bullhorn | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | High | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1999 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 26% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Bullhorn 38 · Korn Ferry 25
1.9 weighted points to Bullhorn
18% weight · 49% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Bullhorn 58 · Korn Ferry 48
1.8 weighted points to Bullhorn
15% weight · 65% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Bullhorn 60 · Korn Ferry 52
1.2 weighted points to Bullhorn
12% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Bullhorn 60 · Korn Ferry 52
1.0 weighted points to Bullhorn
20% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Bullhorn 62 · Korn Ferry 58
0.8 weighted points to Bullhorn
8% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Bullhorn 60 · Korn Ferry 52
0.6 weighted points to Bullhorn
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Bullhorn 35 · Korn Ferry 33
0.2 weighted points to Bullhorn
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +7.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +8 beside that +7.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Bullhorn minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | Bullhorn | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 62 | 58 | +4 | +0.8 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 58 | 48 | +10 | +1.8 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 38 | 25 | +13 | +1.9 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +1.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 33 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 52 | +8 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 54 (F) | 46 (F) | +8 | +7.6 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | Bullhorn | Korn Ferry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 15 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Bullhorn has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 15 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 37 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 20 for Bullhorn, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Bullhorn last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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