§ The result
4 points separate Pymetrics (Harver Games) and HiredScore.
Pymetrics (Harver Games) (Assessment) edges HiredScore (Sourcing) by 4 points under rubric v1.0, 56 to 52. HiredScore and Pymetrics (Harver Games) each lead 3 of the 7 criteria, with 1 level, though the side of the split Pymetrics (Harver Games) holds (headed by Bias Audit Transparency) adds up to more weighted points. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — HiredScore 55, Pymetrics (Harver Games) 80 — and at an 18% weight it carries 72% of the weighted advantage Pymetrics (Harver Games) holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
HiredScore
AI-driven talent orchestration layer that ranks and routes candidates within an existing ATS. Acquired by Workday in 2024.
Vendor profile
Pymetrics (Harver Games)
Behavioral assessment using browser-based "games" that infer cognitive and emotional traits. Acquired by Harver in 2022 and folded into the Harver Games product line.
§ The record
HiredScore is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Pymetrics (Harver Games) under Assessment AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and NYC LL 144. Only Pymetrics (Harver Games) is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HiredScore | Pymetrics (Harver Games) |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2012 | 2013 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 52% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiredScore 55 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 80
4.5 weighted points to Pymetrics (Harver Games)
12% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiredScore 60 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 50
1.2 weighted points to HiredScore
20% weight · 78% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiredScore 65 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 70
1.0 weighted points to Pymetrics (Harver Games)
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HiredScore 30 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 25
0.8 weighted points to HiredScore
15% weight · 95% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HiredScore 55 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 60
0.8 weighted points to Pymetrics (Harver Games)
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiredScore 60 · Pymetrics (Harver Games) 55
0.4 weighted points to HiredScore
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -3.9 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 8.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -4 beside that -3.9.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiredScore minus Pymetrics (Harver Games).
| Category | Weight | HiredScore | Pymetrics (Harver Games) | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 65 | 70 | -5 | -1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 55 | 80 | -25 | -4.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 25 | +5 | +0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 60 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 50 | +10 | +1.2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 35 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 55 | +5 | +0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 52 (F) | 56 (F) | -4 | -3.9 |
§ 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 | HiredScore | Pymetrics (Harver Games) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 7 | 2 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 9 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
HiredScore has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 7 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Pymetrics (Harver Games) has 11 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 9 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for HiredScore and Pymetrics (Harver Games) sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 20 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 9 for HiredScore, across 1 distinct source domain, and 11 for Pymetrics (Harver Games), across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiredScore last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pymetrics (Harver Games) last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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