Side-by-side · Rubric v1.0
Spark Hire vs Textkernel
Side-by-side scores and evidence under the HireAIScore rubric v1.0. Click a vendor name to jump to the full profile and the cited evidence behind each score.
Vendor profile
Spark Hire
Spark Hire is a hiring platform combining one-way (async) and live video interviewing with an applicant tracking system (via its Comeet acquisition), and adds AI features that score and rank candidates' resumes and one-way video responses to help recruiters prioritize submissions.
Vendor profile
Textkernel
Textkernel provides AI-powered CV/resume and job parsing, semantic search, and candidate-job matching technology (including the acquired Sovren engine) embedded inside ATS, job board, and HR systems.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is Spark Hire minus Textkernel.
| Category | Weight | Spark Hire | Textkernel | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 58 | 55 | +3 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 62 | 55 | +7 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 30 | 32 | -2 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 60 | 55 | +5 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 60 | +2 |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 38 | 40 | -2 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 64 | 62 | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 53 (F) | 51 (F) | +2 |
§ Evidence summary
Evidence count
Spark Hire
20 rows across 7 categories
- documentation
- 10
- absence
- 4
- audit report
- 1
- public statement
- 5
Evidence count
Textkernel
18 rows across 7 categories
- documentation
- 10
- absence
- 5
- audit report
- 1
- public statement
- 2