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Lever
Empower Your Sales Team
4.3
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Lever Reviews & Product Details

Lever Overview
What is Lever?

Lever is a recruiting platform designed to help streamline the hiring process for many businesses. With key features that include job and candidate management combined with collaboration tools that empower better hiring processes, Lever allows teams to work together easier and more efficiently.

Company Lever, Inc.
Year founded 2012
Company size 201-500 employees
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
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Capabilities
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Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
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Languages English
Lever Features
360 Degree Feedback
Applicant Tracking
Background Screening
Career Development Planning
Collaboration Tools
Compensation Management
Compliance management
Customizable Reporting
E-Learning
Employee Engagement
Employee Self-Service
Goal Setting / Tracking
HR Analytics
Interview Scheduling
Job Requisition Management
Learning Management
Mobile Access
Onboarding
Payroll Integration
Performance Appraisal
Performance Management
Recruitment Management
Resume Parsing
Skills Assessment
Succession Planning
Survey Management
Talent Pool Management
Time & Attendance
Training Management
Workforce Planning
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Last updated: November 27, 2024
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1,899 Lever Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 21, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Founder
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"very experienced in recruiting, ATS's, other tools"
What do you like best about Lever?

easy to learn and use - i like the connections (@'s).

What do you dislike about Lever?

1] id like to be able to toggle to req based versus candidate based, 2] when scheduling interviews, if you could add the ability to add an attachment (doc or other) it would be HUGELY beneficial, 3] reporting that integrates to power bi or other useful tool

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

having an ATS, candidate tracking, etc. Benefits are time savings and status.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 21, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
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Founder
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"Senior Recruiter"
What do you like best about Lever?

Very user friendly and customizable! It is easy to learn and I love the ease of adding candidates and moving them through the interview process.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Difficult to search previous candidates. Would appreciate support from level on best practices to train hiring managers and executives to assure a streamlined process is in place.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps track job applicants and move them quickly through interview process.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Founder
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"Useful recruitment tool, ocassional bugs"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like that it connects easily to LinkedIn for importing candidates. It also makes it easy to search through and tag existing candidates.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The extension only works for Chrome, which is not really an issue for me as Chrome is my primary browser. I've been having issues with existing candidates not popping up on LinkedIn. When I'm on the LinkedIn page of an existing candidate, the Lever extension prompts me to create a new profile, rather than pulling up their existing one. The Lever team has been very helpful in troubleshooting this issue and is working towards a solution.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm able to tag candidates by location and only send them opportunities that are geographically feasible.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
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Founder
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"Technical Recruiter"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like how easy it is to configure data in Lever to really analyze how you are doing from a hiring perspective.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Lever can be a little tricky about organizing candidates. Once you get it, it's fine, but did take a little while to get familiar with it.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lever is mostly used to track the candidates we are interviewing and sourcing for our open positions.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
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Founder
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"Good Resource"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever has a good setup for reviewing candidates

What do you dislike about Lever?

The reporting functions are no good. There's no structure for sources of candidates and they don't separate candidate profiles from jobs so candidates show up everywhere. Boolean searches are impossible.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy real time tracking of candidates. Good feedback formats.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Good ATS"
What do you like best about Lever?

The candidate view aspect is really nice and you can see everything you want The job creating and adjusting aspect is good The integrations are good

What do you dislike about Lever?

Blind hiring is a weakness, and not on the roadmap so far as I understand

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lever helps us hire good talent, and is a solid choice for the ATS market it is in. I like it

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
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Founder
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"Great ATS system"
What do you like best about Lever?

I love how easy Lever is to use. Usability is 100% and I love how it integrates with my google calendar. It took me only a couple of days to get comfortable with Lever.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Sometimes it crashes or is not working properly and it makes it hard to be productive.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is so easy to keep updated with where a candidate is located in the process with us. Keeps me organized and I use the snooze feature SO much.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
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"Competent app"
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy to track status of applicant through hiring process

What do you dislike about Lever?

Requires some setup and customization to fully utilize the app. Cannot track one candidate for multiple roles adequately - have to archive then unarchive - should be by role applied for, not candidate as a whole. Would love a timeline view on one page of everything for a candidate - applied, interviewed, declined, etc - with enough detail to avoid having to go into each item (interview feedback, etc), but still keep on one “overview” page.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Tracking applicants and hires. Keeps process streamlined in one system, and can see if candidate has applied multiple times and history of prior interviews, etc.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"I'm creating reports with the data collected in Lever."
What do you like best about Lever?

How easy is to collect the data in the system.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Some fields are not readable and I need to work a little bit more than usual.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

The most recent one was to identify the employee's reasons of exit.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Lever Review"
What do you like best about Lever?

I really like the collaboration part of lever. It makes my job easier by tagging hiring managers on a profile than having to download/save resume and send.

What do you dislike about Lever?

That to my knowledge there isn't any way to go back and see all the people you tagged in comments for a week.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solving communication errors as well as tracking. We used to do everything manual but now through the automated reports in Lever we can pull info quite easily.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"So intuitive"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever is very easy to pick up and use. All features are made with general intuition in mind. I was able to learn Lever on my own in a few days.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Some of the very specialized features take time to get working properly, and the support team is not able to give an estimated timeline accurately.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hiring faster. The biggest benefit is that Lever sends follow up emails for feedback, so there's very little delay in wrapping up a job. I used to have to send constant emails to interviewers to gather all feedback.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Well-Organized ATS"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like how organized the software is in terms of searching candidates, jobs, and candidate information and communication in one spot. It also makes it easy for us to collaborate with hiring managers

What do you dislike about Lever?

I wish there was an option to download a pdf or word version of our job descriptions from what we've made in Lever

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lever allows us to really easily manage candidates, and visualize them in the pipeline throughout multiple, customized steps

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Recruiting Coordinator "
What do you like best about Lever?

Visibility when scheduling interviews.Templates that save and the resume addition!

What do you dislike about Lever?

Customer service - there is no chat - have to email them. Sometimes it can get difficult to sort things out when looking at positions and applicants.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Very practical for recruiting coordination!

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"User-friendly and easy to navigate"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like the way it is set up so that I can see all the stages on a req and easily update status and notes on candidates. I also like how easy it has been to add my availability and set up email templates.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I haven't researched doing mass emails or bulk updates but it is not as intuitive so I need to do some more digging.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

sending availability and scheduling, I like the easybook link. I am hoping to use it for scheduling with others in the org as well.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Exceptional tool for SMB"
What do you like best about Lever?

The transparency of the product aligns with our mission. Very intuitive and easy to use.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Branding could be a lot better. Although a modern tool -- it does not look like it from initial glance.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recruiting process, feedback and speed. Gives the company a central place to refer to for all things recruiting.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Intuitive and easy to use. Makes recruiters jobs fun!"
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy to use Recruiting process, nice CRM, great interview scheduling capabilities

What do you dislike about Lever?

Only English is available for reciters. No in-tool advanced posting functionality for multi branding companies. No real linkedin integration

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

CRM and Mobile usage

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Simple to use"
What do you like best about Lever?

that it connects to my google apps, it's pretty self explanatory and the online chat

What do you dislike about Lever?

that you have to send an offer through approval every time you change the start date.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

the feedback forms are great and the standard reports that can be pulled are super helpful.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Does everything you need an ATS to do - and more!!"
What do you like best about Lever?

Super simple to use - you can get up and running in minutes - and doesn't get in the way of applicant tracking (some other platforms are overly complex - not Lever)

What do you dislike about Lever?

Nothing - loving the experience so far and won't move away from it

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have hundreds of applicants across a bunch of different departments applying - each at a different stage of the interview process. Lever makes it super simple to manage this entire process.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Simple Integration with current HRIS"
What do you like best about Lever?

The integration between Lever and Workday was simple to set up. We provided the requirements to Lever and their API was able to deliver all of the requirements we had for pulling the Hire information into Workday.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The system seems to be a bit glitchy. In our first week of going live we had issues email directly from the system and had to send offers manually via outlook email.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

we're mainly utilizing Lever to improve our CRM functionality. We need a better way to nurture candidates and keep them warm.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 20, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great Applicant Tracking System"
What do you like best about Lever?

I love how complete the feature set is for this use case. All of our team members can collaborate on one product, leave interview feedback, and track where applicants are in the pipeline.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The complexity of the product lends itself to a complex UI, which can be challenging to navigate at times. I'd like for the product to be a bit better designed so it's easier to navigate.

What problems is Lever solving and how is that benefiting you?

Applicant tracking. Candidates no longer get lost in the fold and we've been able to follow up with candidates in a consistent, low-touch manner to help ensure we're constantly keeping them informed and selling them throughout this entire process. Overall, I'd recommend Lever to a friend. I love all of the integrations with different hiring platforms and it seems to do a great job at solving the job.