§ The result
HiBob and Korn Ferry tie at 46.
HiBob (ATS-integrated) and Korn Ferry (Assessment) tie at 46 under rubric v1.0, arriving there from different criteria. HiBob leads 5 of the 7 criteria and Korn Ferry 2, yet the two totals land on the same number. One criterion, Bias Audit Transparency, is both the widest raw gap (HiBob 20, Korn Ferry 48) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 18% weight it makes up 89% of the weighted advantage Korn Ferry holds across the 2 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
HiBob
HiBob's Bob is an all-in-one HR platform whose Bob Hiring applicant tracking module uses AI to give each application an explainable match score against recruiter-defined criteria (AI CV Matching) and to draft job descriptions, interview scorecards and candidate emails.
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
HiBob 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 | HiBob | Korn Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | GB | US |
| Founded | 2015 | 1969 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 43% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiBob 20 · Korn Ferry 48
5.0 weighted points to Korn Ferry
12% weight · 58% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HiBob 47 · Korn Ferry 33
1.7 weighted points to HiBob
15% weight · 71% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HiBob 35 · Korn Ferry 25
1.5 weighted points to HiBob
12% weight · 82% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiBob 63 · Korn Ferry 52
1.3 weighted points to HiBob
15% weight · 89% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HiBob 57 · Korn Ferry 52
0.8 weighted points to HiBob
8% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiBob 61 · Korn Ferry 52
0.7 weighted points to HiBob
20% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiBob 55 · Korn Ferry 58
0.6 weighted points to Korn Ferry
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +0.3 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads 0 beside that +0.3.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiBob minus Korn Ferry.
| Category | Weight | HiBob | Korn Ferry | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 55 | 58 | -3 | -0.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 20 | 48 | -28 | -5.0 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 57 | 52 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 63 | 52 | +11 | +1.3 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 47 | 33 | +14 | +1.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 61 | 52 | +9 | +0.7 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 46 (F) | - | +0.3 |
§ 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 | HiBob | Korn Ferry | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 5 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 29 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
HiBob has 36 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 29 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 53 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 36 for HiBob, across 4 distinct source domains, and 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiBob last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next