§ The result
Checkr leads Korn Ferry by 8 points.
Checkr scores 54 and Korn Ferry 46 under rubric v1.0, an 8-point gap across the Screening and Assessment cohorts. Checkr leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Korn Ferry leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. The widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing fall on different criteria: Post-Market Monitoring (Checkr 50, Korn Ferry 33) and Article 11 Technical Documentation at 20% (Checkr 70, Korn Ferry 58), the second being 24% of the weighted advantage Checkr holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Checkr
Checkr is an FCRA-regulated background screening platform that uses machine learning to parse, classify and standardize criminal, employment, education and motor-vehicle records, and to route them through customer-configured adjudication rulesets that flag candidates as eligible, review or escalated for employment decisions.
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
Checkr is filed under Screening AI, Korn Ferry under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
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 | Checkr | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2014 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 20% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Checkr 70 · Korn Ferry 58
2.4 weighted points to Checkr
18% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Checkr 35 · Korn Ferry 48
2.3 weighted points to Korn Ferry
12% weight · 55% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Checkr 50 · Korn Ferry 33
2.0 weighted points to Checkr
12% weight · 69% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Checkr 66 · Korn Ferry 52
1.7 weighted points to Checkr
15% weight · 81% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Checkr 62 · Korn Ferry 52
1.5 weighted points to Checkr
8% weight · 91% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Checkr 68 · Korn Ferry 52
1.3 weighted points to Checkr
15% weight · 100% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Checkr 32 · Korn Ferry 25
1.1 weighted points to Checkr
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 12.3 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 Checkr minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | Checkr | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 70 | 58 | +12 | +2.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 35 | 48 | -13 | -2.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 32 | 25 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 52 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 66 | 52 | +14 | +1.7 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 50 | 33 | +17 | +2.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 68 | 52 | +16 | +1.3 |
| 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 | Checkr | Korn Ferry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 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% | 24 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Checkr has 28 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 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 45 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 28 for Checkr, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Checkr last reviewed
- August 2, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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