§ The result
Korn Ferry leads SeekOut on 6 of the 7 criteria.
Korn Ferry sits 12 points above SeekOut under rubric v1.0 — 46 against 34 — with Korn Ferry filed under Assessment and SeekOut under Sourcing. Korn Ferry leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so SeekOut is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 Korn Ferry leads is Human Oversight Design, Korn Ferry 52 to SeekOut 45. Article 11 Technical Documentation is the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing at once (Korn Ferry 58, SeekOut 35, 20% weight), but it accounts for only 39% of the weighted advantage Korn Ferry holds across the 6 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
SeekOut
Sourcing platform aggregating public profile data into a searchable talent index, with AI-assisted candidate matching and outreach.
§ The record
Korn Ferry is filed under Assessment AI, SeekOut under Candidate sourcing AI. They record no secondary category in common.
Both are in scope of NYC LL 144, EU AI Act and Colorado AI Act. Only Korn Ferry is in scope of Illinois HB 3773 and Mobley v. Workday.
| Record | Korn Ferry | SeekOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 1969 | 2017 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
20% weight · 39% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
Korn Ferry 58 · SeekOut 35
4.6 weighted points to Korn Ferry
15% weight · 61% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
Korn Ferry 52 · SeekOut 35
2.5 weighted points to Korn Ferry
18% weight · 73% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
Korn Ferry 48 · SeekOut 40
1.4 weighted points to Korn Ferry
8% weight · 85% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
Korn Ferry 52 · SeekOut 35
1.4 weighted points to Korn Ferry
12% weight · 93% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
Korn Ferry 33 · SeekOut 25
1.0 weighted points to Korn Ferry
12% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Human Oversight Design
Korn Ferry 52 · SeekOut 45
0.8 weighted points to Korn Ferry
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +11.8 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 11.8 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +12 beside that +11.8.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Korn Ferry minus SeekOut.
| Category | Weight | Korn Ferry | SeekOut | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 35 | +23 | +4.6 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 48 | 40 | +8 | +1.4 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 52 | 35 | +17 | +2.5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 52 | 45 | +7 | +0.8 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 33 | 25 | +8 | +1.0 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 52 | 35 | +17 | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 46 (F) | 34 (F) | +12 | +11.8 |
§ 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 | SeekOut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 1 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 10 | 7 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 5 | 4 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
Korn Ferry has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 10 with a source URL, 7 documented absences; SeekOut has 9 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 5 with a source URL, 4 documented absences.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 26 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 17 for Korn Ferry, across 1 distinct source domain, and 9 for SeekOut, across 1 distinct source domain.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- Korn Ferry last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- SeekOut last reviewed
- May 21, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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