§ The result
2 points separate Gem and Criteria.
Gem (Sourcing) edges Criteria (Assessment) by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 55 to 53. Gem leads 5 of the 7 criteria, including Bias Audit Transparency, while Criteria leads 2, including Article 11 Technical Documentation. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Criteria 48, Gem 66 — and at an 18% weight it carries 64% of the weighted advantage Gem holds across the 5 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Criteria
Criteria is a pre-employment assessment platform offering scientifically validated cognitive aptitude, personality, emotional-intelligence and skills tests, plus structured and AI-assisted interview tools, used to evaluate and rank job candidates.
Vendor profile
Gem
Gem is an AI-first recruiting platform combining a talent CRM, AI sourcing and outreach automation, candidate engagement, and a newer applicant tracking system with AI-powered application review and ranking.
§ The record
Criteria is filed under Assessment AI, Gem under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only Criteria is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Criteria | Gem |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | High |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2006 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 42% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Criteria 48 · Gem 66
3.2 weighted points to Gem
20% weight · 67% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Criteria 68 · Gem 58
2.0 weighted points to Criteria
15% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Criteria 62 · Gem 57
0.8 weighted points to Criteria
12% weight · 84% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Criteria 56 · Gem 61
0.6 weighted points to Gem
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Criteria 42 · Gem 47
0.6 weighted points to Gem
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Criteria 32 · Gem 35
0.4 weighted points to Gem
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Criteria 60 · Gem 62
0.2 weighted points to Gem
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -2.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 7.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -2 beside that -2.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Criteria minus Gem.
| Category | Weight | Criteria | Gem | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 68 | 58 | +10 | +2.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 48 | 66 | -18 | -3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 32 | 35 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 57 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 56 | 61 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 42 | 47 | -5 | -0.6 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 62 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 53 (F) | 55 (F) | -2 | -2.3 |
§ 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 | Criteria | Gem | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 14 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 19 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Criteria has 18 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 14 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; Gem has 21 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 19 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Gem sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 18 for Criteria, across 1 distinct source domain, and 21 for Gem, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Criteria last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Gem last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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