# Shield Screening: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/shield-screening

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Background screening](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/background-screening/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Hire very sporadically: Shield Screening (no commitment at all)" (Kimi K2, Background screening)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Shield Screening, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- shieldscreening.com: 4 (its own site)
- backgroundchecks.com: 2
- employerschoicescreening.com: 2
- thescreeningsource.com: 2
- 5starbackground.com: 1
- bib.com: 1
- businessscreen.com: 1
- creditdonkey.com: 1
- firsthr.app: 1
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://shieldscreening.com/industries/small-business: 4
- https://employerschoicescreening.com/small-business: 2
- https://thescreeningsource.com/: 2
- https://5starbackground.com/best-background-check-services-for-small-businesses-on-a-budget: 1
- https://backgroundchecks.com/: 1
- https://backgroundchecks.com/learning-center/what-you-need-to-know-about-contractor-background-checks: 1
- https://bib.com/small-biz: 1
- https://businessscreen.com/resources/contractor-background-checks-a-complete-guide: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.