§ The result
Hireology leads Phenom by 5 points.
Hireology scores 57 and Phenom 52 under rubric v1.0, a 5-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Sourcing cohorts. Hireology leads 4 of the 7 criteria, including Post-Market Monitoring, while Phenom leads 3, including Data Governance Disclosure. One criterion, Post-Market Monitoring, is both the widest raw gap (Hireology 59, Phenom 30) and the heaviest weighted swing, and at 12% weight it makes up 52% of the weighted advantage Hireology holds across the 4 criteria it leads.
Vendor profile
Hireology
Hireology is an applicant tracking and hiring platform for multi-location auto dealers, healthcare providers and hospitality operators. Its AI features score applicants against employer-defined criteria (AI Match) and run rubric-scored, voice-based first-round screening interviews (AI Interview).
Vendor profile
Phenom
Talent experience platform combining a career site CMS, candidate CRM, internal mobility, and conversational AI for screening and scheduling.
§ The record
Hireology is filed under ATS-integrated AI, Phenom under Candidate sourcing 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.
| Record | Hireology | Phenom |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Mid | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2010 | 2010 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
12% weight · 38% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Hireology 59 · Phenom 30
3.5 weighted points to Hireology
15% weight · 54% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Hireology 35 · Phenom 25
1.5 weighted points to Hireology
18% weight · 70% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Hireology 83 · Phenom 75
1.4 weighted points to Hireology
15% weight · 83% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Hireology 52 · Phenom 60
1.2 weighted points to Phenom
20% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Hireology 50 · Phenom 55
1.0 weighted points to Phenom
12% weight · 97% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Hireology 57 · Phenom 60
0.4 weighted points to Phenom
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Hireology 58 · Phenom 55
0.2 weighted points to Hireology
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to +4.1 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 9.2 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +5 beside that +4.1.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Hireology minus Phenom.
| Category | Weight | Hireology | Phenom | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 50 | 55 | -5 | -1.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 83 | 75 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 25 | +10 | +1.5 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 60 | -8 | -1.2 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 57 | 60 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 59 | 30 | +29 | +3.5 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 58 | 55 | +3 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 57 (F) | 52 (F) | +5 | +4.1 |
§ 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 | Hireology | Phenom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 4 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 4 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 5 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 4 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 25 | 4 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 8 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
Hireology has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 25 with a source URL, 4 documented absences; Phenom has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Hireology 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: 29 for Hireology, across 2 distinct source domains, and 10 for Phenom, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Hireology last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Phenom last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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