§ The result
Phenom leads HireQuotient on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Under rubric v1.0, Phenom opens an 18-point lead on HireQuotient, 52 to 34, with both scored in the Sourcing cohort. HireQuotient is ahead on none of the 7 criteria: Phenom takes 6, the remaining criterion is level, and the nearest of those 6 is FRIA Support, HireQuotient 22 to Phenom 25. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — HireQuotient 18, Phenom 75 — and at an 18% weight it carries 56% of the weighted advantage Phenom holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
HireQuotient
EasySource by HireQuotient is an AI recruiting platform for North American frontline employers that sources and scores candidates from LinkedIn, the open web and partner databases, verifies licences, automates outreach including AI voice calls, and adds an ATS, interview scheduling, and skills, cognitive and AI-scored video assessments.
Vendor profile
Phenom
Talent experience platform combining a career site CMS, candidate CRM, internal mobility, and conversational AI for screening and scheduling.
§ The record
HireQuotient and Phenom are both filed under Candidate sourcing AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Scheduling.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773. Only HireQuotient is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HireQuotient | Phenom |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Low | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | SG | US |
| Founded | 2021 | 2010 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 56% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HireQuotient 18 · Phenom 75
10.3 weighted points to Phenom
20% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HireQuotient 35 · Phenom 55
4.0 weighted points to Phenom
15% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HireQuotient 40 · Phenom 60
3.0 weighted points to Phenom
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HireQuotient 22 · Phenom 25
0.4 weighted points to Phenom
8% weight · 98% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HireQuotient 50 · Phenom 55
0.4 weighted points to Phenom
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HireQuotient 57 · Phenom 60
0.4 weighted points to Phenom
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to -18.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 18.5 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads -18 beside that -18.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HireQuotient minus Phenom.
| Category | Weight | HireQuotient | Phenom | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 35 | 55 | -20 | -4.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 18 | 75 | -57 | -10.3 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 22 | 25 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 40 | 60 | -20 | -3.0 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 57 | 60 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 30 | 30 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 50 | 55 | -5 | -0.4 |
| Total | 100% | 34 (F) | 52 (F) | -18 | -18.5 |
§ 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 | HireQuotient | Phenom | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 6 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | — |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 24 | 5 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 8 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain |
HireQuotient has 29 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 24 with a source URL, 5 documented absences; Phenom has 10 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 8 with a source URL, 2 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 29 for HireQuotient, across 1 distinct source domain, and 10 for Phenom, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HireQuotient last reviewed
- September 25, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Phenom last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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