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AI vendor transparency index

An assessment of what seventeen AI-scored hiring and assessment vendors publish about the validity and fairness of their scores. Published documentation only.

Seventeen vendors of AI-scored hiring and assessment tools, assessed against eight criteria covering published documentation on the validity and fairness of their scores. The assessment does not cover the product, the model or the underlying science.

Documented

18

cells of 136 where the information is public, specific and sourced.

Partial

50

information is published but general, undated, unquantified, or reachable only on providing contact details.

Absent

68

no public source was found by the search protocol on 2026-09-22.

Rubric version 1. Search protocol applied and all sources accessed 2026-09-22.

Overview of evaluation scores (alphabetical listing)

The presented scores are fully based on published facts. See the methods note and the rubric for full details.

VendorProportion of criteriaC1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8
Aon Assessment Solutions
Hamburg, Germany, within Aon plc
D 0% P 37.5% A 62.5%
AAAPPPAA
Arctic Shores
Manchester, United Kingdom
D 0% P 37.5% A 62.5%
AAPPAAPA
Cammio
The Hague, Netherlands
D 0% P 0% A 100%
AAAAAAAA
Canditech
Tel Aviv, Israel
D 12.5% P 12.5% A 75%
AAAAPDAA
Criteria Corp
Los Angeles, United States
D 25% P 37.5% A 37.5%
DPAPAPAD
Equalture
Rotterdam, Netherlands
D 0% P 37.5% A 62.5%
AAPPAAPA
Harver
Rotterdam, Netherlands and Atlanta, United States
D 25% P 37.5% A 37.5%
PADPAPDA
HiPeople
Berlin, Germany
D 0% P 37.5% A 62.5%
PAAPAAAP
HireVue
South Jordan, United States
D 62.5% P 37.5% A 0%
DDDDPPDP
Retorio
Munich, Germany
D 0% P 50% A 50%
PAPPAPAA
SHL
Thames Ditton, United Kingdom
D 12.5% P 37.5% A 50%
DAPAAPPA
Sapia.ai
Melbourne, Australia, with a London office
D 25% P 37.5% A 37.5%
PAPDAPDA
Sova Assessment
London, United Kingdom
D 0% P 62.5% A 37.5%
APPPAAPP
Talogy
London, United Kingdom
D 0% P 50% A 50%
PAPPAPAA
TestGorilla
Amsterdam, Netherlands
D 37.5% P 62.5% A 0%
DPPPPDPD
Vervoe
Melbourne, Australia, with a New York office
D 25% P 25% A 50%
AAPPADDA
Willo
Glasgow, United Kingdom
D 0% P 25% A 75%
AAAPAPAA

D documented, P partial, A absent. The proportion column gives each vendor share of the eight criteria at each level. Select a vendor for the quoted source behind each cell.

The eight criteria

  • C1. Technical manual or validity report publicly available without a sales conversation: 4 documented, 5 partial, 8 absent.
  • C2. Validity coefficients reported with sample size and uncertainty: 1 documented, 3 partial, 13 absent.
  • C3. Adverse impact reported by named subgroup: 2 documented, 9 partial, 6 absent.
  • C4. Scored construct named and defined, not described only by outcome: 2 documented, 12 partial, 3 absent.
  • C5. Evidence of comparability across languages, versions or delivery modes: 0 documented, 4 partial, 13 absent.
  • C6. Human oversight documented, with a candidate route to contest a score: 3 documented, 9 partial, 5 absent.
  • C7. Independent review named and the reviewer identified: 4 documented, 5 partial, 8 absent.
  • C8. Reliability reported, and reported by group: 2 documented, 3 partial, 12 absent.

Method and corrections

The rubric and the search protocol were fixed and published before any entry was scored. Read the rubric for the criteria and their scoring definitions, the methods note for the search protocol, the limitations and the corrections route, and the inclusion criteria for which companies are assessed and the decision on every candidate considered.