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Edition 01 · September 2026Function 02

Talent acquisition

Finding and hiring: applicant tracking, sourcing, scheduling, interviewing, assessment, screening, recruitment marketing and the AI that now sits in front of all of it. 10 of 12 categories scored, 2 planned.

Standing in talent acquisition

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the ten talent acquisition categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Talent acquisition
Candidate assessment
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Talent acquisition
Video interviewing
A different leader in every segment
Talent acquisition
Applicant tracking systems
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Talent acquisition
Background screening
A different leader in every segment
Talent acquisition
Technical hiring assessments
Mid-market and enterprise share a leader. Small business differs.
Talent acquisition
Interview scheduling
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Talent acquisition
Job advertising and distribution
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Talent acquisition
Recruiting CRM and sourcing
A different leader in every segment
Talent acquisition
AI recruiting assistants
A different leader in every segment
Talent acquisition
Recruitment marketing and career sites
A different leader in every segment

Next in talent acquisition

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Campus and early-career recruiting plannedEmployee referral programs planned