§ The result
Korn Ferry leads Canditech by 7 points.
Korn Ferry scores 46 and Canditech 39 under rubric v1.0 — a 7-point gap inside the Assessment cohort. Canditech and Korn Ferry each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Korn Ferry holds (headed by Article 11 Technical Documentation) adds up to more weighted points. Korn Ferry takes the heaviest weighted swing, Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Canditech 37, Korn Ferry 58), which is 50% of the weighted advantage Korn Ferry holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, Canditech 25 to Korn Ferry 48.
Vendor profile
Canditech
Canditech is a skills-assessment and job-simulation platform that screens candidates with work-sample tests, technical and soft-skill assessments, and one-way video interviews, using AI agents to auto-score open-text and video responses.
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
Canditech and Korn Ferry are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Canditech | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | IL | US |
| Founded | 2019 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 43% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Canditech 37 · Korn Ferry 58
4.2 weighted points to Korn Ferry
18% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Canditech 25 · Korn Ferry 48
4.1 weighted points to Korn Ferry
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Canditech 30 · Korn Ferry 25
0.8 weighted points to Canditech
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Canditech 58 · Korn Ferry 52
0.5 weighted points to Canditech
12% weight · 99% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Canditech 53 · Korn Ferry 52
0.1 weighted points to Canditech
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Canditech 32 · Korn Ferry 33
0.1 weighted points to Korn Ferry
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -7.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -7 beside that -7.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Canditech minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | Canditech | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 37 | 58 | -21 | -4.2 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 25 | 48 | -23 | -4.1 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 25 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 52 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 53 | 52 | +1 | +0.1 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 32 | 33 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 52 | +6 | +0.5 |
| Total | 100% | 39 (F) | 46 (F) | -7 | -7.1 |
§ 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 | Canditech | 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% | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | 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% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 11 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Canditech has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 7 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 35 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 18 for Canditech, across 1 distinct source domain, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Canditech last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next