Six of fourteen models named Ashby first on the direct prompt; two named Gem. Ashby was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Gem by eleven and Ashby carries 28 labels and Gem 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI recruiting assistants page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Ashby and Gem were named in the same answer forty-two times, of the 244 answers naming Ashby and the 202 naming Gem. In those answers Gem took the first choice nine times and Ashby seven.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.20 | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“including Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby, may be in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Ashby (potential FCRA issues in consumer reporting)” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“these may be more relevant for larger enterprises or companies with specific sourcing challenges” Mistral Small · direct prompt · soft negative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.