§ The result
Pinpoint leads HiringBranch by 5 points.
Pinpoint scores 57 and HiringBranch 52 under rubric v1.0, a 5-point gap across the ATS-integrated and Assessment cohorts. Pinpoint leads 6 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while HiringBranch leads 1, including Bias Audit Transparency. Bias Audit Transparency is at once the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing, and it belongs to HiringBranch — HiringBranch 60, Pinpoint 42, on an 18% weight — which is 100% of the weighted advantage HiringBranch holds across the 1 criterion on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
HiringBranch
HiringBranch is an AI skills-assessment platform that measures 50+ communication and soft skills from candidates' open-ended, conversational job-simulation responses (text and voice) to screen and rank applicants for customer-facing roles.
Vendor profile
Pinpoint
Pinpoint is an applicant tracking system for in-house talent teams that layers AI-assisted screening onto core hiring workflows - candidate match scores, AI filters, anonymized screening, an interview notetaker, and a hiring copilot for outreach and rejections.
§ The record
HiringBranch is filed under Assessment AI, Pinpoint under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only HiringBranch is in scope of Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | HiringBranch | Pinpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | CA | JE |
| Founded | 2014 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 29% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
HiringBranch 60 · Pinpoint 42
3.2 weighted points to HiringBranch
20% weight · 51% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
HiringBranch 60 · Pinpoint 72
2.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
15% weight · 69% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
HiringBranch 55 · Pinpoint 68
1.9 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 81% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
HiringBranch 52 · Pinpoint 64
1.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
12% weight · 94% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
HiringBranch 40 · Pinpoint 52
1.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
15% weight · 99% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
HiringBranch 35 · Pinpoint 38
0.4 weighted points to Pinpoint
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
HiringBranch 64 · Pinpoint 66
0.2 weighted points to Pinpoint
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 7 figures above sum to -4.6 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.1 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 -4.6.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is HiringBranch minus Pinpoint.
| Category | Weight | HiringBranch | Pinpoint | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 60 | 72 | -12 | -2.4 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 60 | 42 | +18 | +3.2 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 35 | 38 | -3 | -0.4 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 55 | 68 | -13 | -1.9 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 64 | -12 | -1.4 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 40 | 52 | -12 | -1.4 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 66 | -2 | -0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 52 (F) | 57 (F) | -5 | -4.6 |
§ 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 | HiringBranch | Pinpoint | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 2 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 13 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 18 | 2 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
HiringBranch has 19 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 13 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; Pinpoint has 20 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 18 with a source URL, 2 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 39 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 19 for HiringBranch, across 1 distinct source domain, and 20 for Pinpoint, across 2 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- HiringBranch last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Pinpoint last reviewed
- July 17, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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§ Where next