10 categories · RankedHireVue
305Judge labels
35First choices
124Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
10Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.1, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
74% in Video interviewing for enterprise buyers
Rank 39 of 40 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 45% of its 47 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentAn enterprise product: leader at enterprise, not named at small business or mid-market.
Small business52 of 52
0%32 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market39 of 40
0%47 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise1 of 50
74%60 labels
endorsed leader
In video interviewing · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named HireVue for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video interviewing | Talent acquisition | 0% | 39 of 40 | 45% | 47 | criticized challenger |
| AI recruiting assistants | Talent acquisition | 0% | 71 of 84 | 40% | 25 | criticized challenger |
| Candidate assessment | Talent acquisition | 0% | 29 of 101 | 20% | 10 | accepted challenger |
| Interview scheduling | Talent acquisition | 0% | 16 of 72 | 11% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by Calendly at 21% |
| HR AI assistants | Onboarding and employee experience | 0% | 118 of 119 | 100% | 4 | under 10 labels · led by Workativ Assistant at 12% |
| Talent intelligence | Performance and talent management | 0% | 73 of 77 | 67% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Pin at 17% |
| People analytics | Workforce planning and analytics | 0% | 84 of 99 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by HiBob at 15% |
| Recruiting CRM and sourcing | Talent acquisition | 0% | 82 of 88 | 100% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Lever at 20% |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | Talent acquisition | 0% | 62 of 81 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Teamtailor at 16% |
| Technical hiring assessments | Talent acquisition | 0% | 40 of 52 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by HackerRank at 28% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for HireVue yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.
By model
How each model treated HireVue across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct44 labels10
Paraphrase45 labels17
Comparative75 labels15not counted in share
Budget-constrained30 labels6
Scale-constrained25 labels2
Negative86 labels2not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative305 labels in all, every segment counted; 35 of the 52 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“The enterprise giant. Best for high-volume hiring ... Strongest for large organizations requiring standardized, validated hiring at scale.” MiniMax M2.5 · Video interviewing · comparative prompt · first choice
“HireVue is the gold standard for AI-powered assessment... nothing will beat HireVue or VidCruiter” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Video interviewing · comparative prompt · first choice
“The industry pioneer and a dominant force in enterprise hiring.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Video interviewing · comparative prompt · first choice
“Alternative 1: HireVue ... Trade-off: It typically carries a higher price point and a steeper learning curve.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Video interviewing · paraphrase prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“High-Risk Tool Categories (Use with Extreme Caution) ... Example: HireVue and similar platforms ... Facial analysis algorithms showed bias against minorities” Kimi K2 · Recruiting CRM · negative prompt · hard negative
“HireVue, a video interview platform, historically used "facial analysis" to score candidates' traits... alleging the technology was deceptive and biased” Gemini 3.5 Flash · HR AI assistants · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms with Known Controversies & Red Flags ... HireVue (AI Video Interview Platform) ... Why be cautious: ... significant legal and public scrutiny” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Candidate assessment · negative prompt · hard negative
“High – Be very cautious | HireVue (and any AI facial analysis tool) | History of FTC complaint, BIPA settlement, opaque AI scoring, biased risk” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Video interviewing · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as HireVue, over the 305 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and HireVue was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named HireVue. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 256 of the 305 answers that named HireVue and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
hiretruffle.com135
selectsoftwarereviews.com122
pin.com76
willo.video74
hirevire.com70
g2.com67
peoplemanagingpeople.com58
guideflow.com56
gartner.com52
learn.g2.com52
762 of the 762 domain citations in answers naming HireVue came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as HireVue
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as HireVue; a claim can dispute any of them.
HireVue Scheduling 3HireVue scheduling 1
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