§ The result
2 points separate Korn Ferry and Retorio.
Within the Assessment cohort, Korn Ferry edges Retorio by 2 points under rubric v1.0, 46 to 44. Korn Ferry leads 3 of the 7 criteria, including Article 11 Technical Documentation, while Retorio leads 1, including FRIA Support, and 3 are level. Article 11 Technical Documentation is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — Korn Ferry 58, Retorio 50 — and at a 20% weight it carries 50% of the weighted advantage Korn Ferry holds across the 3 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry provides psychometric talent assessments (Korn Ferry Assess, the KF4D Four Dimensional assessment, KFALP leadership-potential assessment, and the Leadership Architect competency framework) used to evaluate candidates' personality, competencies, drivers, and cognitive ability for selection, promotion, and development decisions.
Vendor profile
Retorio
Video-based AI that analyses words, voice, and facial expression/body language to infer Big Five (OCEAN) personality and behavioural traits.
§ The record
Korn Ferry and Retorio are both filed under Assessment AI. They also share 1 secondary category: Screening.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, Illinois HB 3773, EU AI Act, Colorado AI Act and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Korn Ferry | Retorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | DE |
| Founded | 1969 | 2018 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 41% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Korn Ferry 58 · Retorio 50
1.6 weighted points to Korn Ferry
18% weight · 77% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Korn Ferry 48 · Retorio 40
1.4 weighted points to Korn Ferry
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
Korn Ferry 25 · Retorio 30
0.8 weighted points to Retorio
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Korn Ferry 52 · Retorio 50
0.2 weighted points to Korn Ferry
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 4 figures above sum to +2.5 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 4.0 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +2 beside that +2.5.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Korn Ferry minus Retorio.
| Category | Weight | Korn Ferry | Retorio | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 50 | +8 | +1.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 48 | 40 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 30 | -5 | -0.8 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 52 | - | - |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 52 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 33 | 33 | - | - |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 52 | 50 | +2 | +0.2 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 44 (F) | +2 | +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 | Korn Ferry | Retorio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 16 | 6 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; Retorio has 22 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 16 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for Retorio 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: 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain, and 22 for Retorio, across 4 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Retorio last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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