§ The result
1 point separates CoderPad and eSkill.
Within the Assessment cohort, CoderPad edges eSkill by 1 point under rubric v1.0, 42 to 41. The criteria split evenly, 3 each to CoderPad and eSkill, with 1 level, and the weighted points on the side CoderPad holds, headed by Data Governance Disclosure, settle the total. CoderPad takes the heaviest weighted swing, Data Governance Disclosure at 15% (CoderPad 54, eSkill 47), which is 48% of the weighted advantage CoderPad holds; the widest raw gap is a different criterion, Post-Market Monitoring, CoderPad 44 to eSkill 36.
Vendor profile
CoderPad
CoderPad is a technical hiring platform that auto-scores and ranks candidates on coding assessments (Screen), uses an AI reviewer to evaluate and rank applicants' asynchronous video pre-screen responses against employer criteria (Qualify), and hosts live collaborative coding interviews with AI assistance, note-taking and summaries (Interview).
Vendor profile
eSkill
eSkill is a pre-employment testing platform with auto-scored skills, cognitive and behavioral tests and human-rated one-way video interviews, plus an optional Proctorio-powered AI proctoring add-on that gives each candidate a suspicion score and a Claude-based "Linea" layer that drafts assessments from job descriptions.
§ The record
CoderPad and eSkill are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Video interview.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | CoderPad | eSkill |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2013 | 2003 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
15% weight · 26% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
CoderPad 54 · eSkill 47
1.1 weighted points to CoderPad
12% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
CoderPad 44 · eSkill 36
1.0 weighted points to CoderPad
18% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
CoderPad 20 · eSkill 25
0.9 weighted points to eSkill
20% weight · 88% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
CoderPad 45 · eSkill 48
0.6 weighted points to eSkill
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
CoderPad 28 · eSkill 30
0.3 weighted points to eSkill
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
CoderPad 58 · eSkill 56
0.2 weighted points to CoderPad
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +0.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +1 beside that +0.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is CoderPad minus eSkill.
| Category | Weight | CoderPad | eSkill | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 45 | 48 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 25 | -5 | -0.9 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 28 | 30 | -2 | -0.3 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 54 | 47 | +7 | +1.1 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 57 | 57 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 44 | 36 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 56 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 42 (F) | 41 (F) | +1 | +0.4 |
§ 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 | CoderPad | eSkill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 32 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 24 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
CoderPad has 38 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 32 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; eSkill has 30 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for CoderPad and eSkill sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 68 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 38 for CoderPad, across 2 distinct source domains, and 30 for eSkill, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- CoderPad last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- eSkill last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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