§ The result
3 points separate HiredScore and Versant by Pearson.
HiredScore holds a 3-point edge over Versant by Pearson under rubric v1.0, 52 to 49, across the Sourcing and Assessment cohorts. The 7 criteria split 4 to 2 in favour of HiredScore, with 1 level: HiredScore is ahead on Bias Audit Transparency and Versant by Pearson on Post-Market Monitoring. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — HiredScore 55, Versant by Pearson 42 — and at an 18% weight it carries 66% of the weighted advantage HiredScore holds across the 4 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
Versant by Pearson
Versant by Pearson is a suite of AI-scored English proficiency tests (plus spoken Spanish, French, Arabic and Dutch) that automatically score candidates' spoken and written responses on Pearson's Global Scale of English within minutes, used by employers such as contact centres and BPOs to screen applicants and benchmark staff through the ScoreKeeper dashboard.
§ The record
HiredScore is filed under Candidate sourcing AI, Versant by Pearson 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 Versant by Pearson is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HiredScore | Versant by Pearson |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | GB |
| Founded | 2012 | 1844 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiredScore 55 · Versant by Pearson 42
2.3 weighted points to HiredScore
12% weight · 72% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HiredScore 35 · Versant by Pearson 43
1.0 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
12% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiredScore 60 · Versant by Pearson 56
0.5 weighted points to HiredScore
20% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiredScore 65 · Versant by Pearson 63
0.4 weighted points to HiredScore
15% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HiredScore 55 · Versant by Pearson 53
0.3 weighted points to HiredScore
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiredScore 60 · Versant by Pearson 61
0.1 weighted points to Versant by Pearson
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +2.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.6 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +3 beside that +2.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiredScore minus Versant by Pearson.
| Category | Weight | HiredScore | Versant by Pearson | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 65 | 63 | +2 | +0.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 55 | 42 | +13 | +2.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 53 | +2 | +0.3 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 60 | 56 | +4 | +0.5 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 35 | 43 | -8 | -1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 60 | 61 | -1 | -0.1 |
| Total | 100% | 52 (F) | 49 (F) | +3 | +2.5 |
§ 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 | Versant by Pearson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 0 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 1 | 0 | Sources on a separate domain | 4 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 7 | 2 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 23 | 6 | Sources 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; Versant by Pearson has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 23 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for HiredScore and Versant by Pearson sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 38 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 9 for HiredScore, across 1 distinct source domain, and 29 for Versant by Pearson, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiredScore last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Versant by Pearson last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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