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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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Lever Product Details
Capabilities
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Training Documentation
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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1,899 Lever Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"First few months using Lever"
What do you like best about Lever?

It's an easy to learn recruiting software. All in one software.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Some functionalities don't work as they should. For example, little details like sourced isn't changeable to another name if you were the one to create the candidate.

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

Benefits: All scheduling gets done on one platform. Communication between multiple people can be handled via lever.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Good, not great, pricing structure getting a little out of hand. "
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy to understand and lots of meaningful data can be pulled from the platform. Easy roll out to the company and tools have improved over the years of use.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Job description page is lacking. A lot of functionality is "eh". Adding job templates can be a pain in the neck especially since the font pack lever has doesn't always match with everyone company fonts. Charging additional for ZOOM integration is actually going to make me look at Greenhouse in more detail this year. To charge for an integration which makes the recruiters life more difficult is awful .

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

Tracking and moving candidates through a funnel.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Great help this year for our hiring efforts"
What do you like best about Lever?

The ability to pull from a variety of different sources for candidates.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Lack of flexibility with external job page design and content

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

Managing candidates from various different souces

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Scheduling made easy"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever's customer support is the best along with the recent Zoom integration.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I dislike how we have to ask someone to add more stages instead of doing it ourselves.

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

Lever really helps with easy scheduling and I love how they integrated with Zoom.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Great, intuitive tool"
What do you like best about Lever?

Really simple to use and has a wide range of functionality. Easy to have the whole team engaged in the TA process!

What do you dislike about Lever?

Its quite expensive relative to some of the others we have evaluated. Though having been using it for over a year we liked it enough to renew!

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

Managing the high volume and breadth of candidates going through our TA pipeline, and making sure we deliver an outstanding experience to our candidates,

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Downtime is a struggle."
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever does a nice job of helping keep things organized throughout the interview lifecycle. The easy team collaboration is good too. Your Customer Support folks are top-notch!

What do you dislike about Lever?

The amount of downtime is a real problem. There's also little bugs like when I send an email to someone through Lever I have to click the dropdown "template" button twice for it to scroll.

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

Better organization and collaboration with team members.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Great product, but over priced. "
What do you like best about Lever?

The ability to seamlessly add candidates and move them through the process. Being able to snooze them is a really cool feature too.

What do you dislike about Lever?

It's expensive. Today, I spoke with another person about an ATS that is very similar and is less than half the price.

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

It allows me to post jobs, keep track of candidates, complete the EEOC paperwork, add users. Benefits - I've made hires, so I guess that's a benefit.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"it's okay and does what it should"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like the ability to track communications with applicants in a central place, and tracking notes from interviews and progress

What do you dislike about Lever?

not super intuitive how to get different sections to format or to find things at first glance

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

it has helped with centralized planning and communication with applicants

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Somewhat positive"
What do you like best about Lever?

Syncing with Gcal and email. Merge features makes re-applications much easier. Design is good, aesthetically & functionally

What do you dislike about Lever?

Dislike -- poor sorting mechanism, have to contact support to add new stages (archive, bad timing, hired etc) Report feature is okay but limited

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

Scheduling is much easier. Tracking applicant history. Merge feature makes re-applications much easier

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Great from the recruiter aspect, not from reporting"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever is super user-friendly from the recruiter perspective and I love the way it organizes and showcases updates.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The reporting from the manager side of things is lacking (unless you pay a ton of money for the upgrades). There needs to be a better way to analyze my teams pipeline.

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

We are able to respond quickly to candidates and see all of their information at one time. It is great to see their past history of applying with our company and have feedback all in one place.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Exceptional for mid to large orgs. Worth a demo for SMB."
What do you like best about Lever?

The automated feedback forms and interview scheduling! The predictive reporting is also really helpful.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The dashboard is a little cluttered and not always the info I'm looking for. The price for the level of work at a SMB is also a bit steep. For evergreen roles, it can be a bit different to manage. It's clearly setup for more enterprise hiring efforts. which is great if you're enterprise. But this is a SMB review.

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

Automation of recruitment process, clear reporting and information sharing across the team.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Could be better"
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy book links built into the system are great, and there's a lot of functionality with Lever. Collecting feedback from hiring managers is automated, and the offer approval process is built in as well.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Lever is not very user intuitive, and it's not easy to see all your candidates in various stages. A lot of functions of lever don't make sense, like why you only have an option to revise an offer and not to edit. Certain things like salary, start date, etc should be things you need to reroute approval for, but not for everything. Additionally, there are strange information privileges levels that don't seem to be a fit for all occasions. I don't like that once I'm a job under "jobs" tab there's no way to click into candidates of that job. You should also be able to limit the amount of phone screens you can have in a day, sometimes I'll have 6-7 phone screens in a day which is just too many to have quality calls with all of them. If a you move a candidate to an active stage, lever should remind you to schedule that candidate, much like it reminds you about feedback. Also, easy book links should work outside of sending them in Lever, so you can use them in places like linkedin.

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

I didn't get to choose lever at my current employer, and given the choice I would like to see other options. Having the easy book link schedule my calls is very helpful, though.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Tricky but helpful"
What do you like best about Lever?

Having all applicants in place and getting statistics.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Glitches and confusing integrations (normally get fixed).

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

ATS/getting and tracking applicant statistics.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"An effective solution for tracking candidates and interviews"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever has tons of features and makes it possible to track candidates through the entire process of sourcing, interviewing, and making an offer, including multiple detailed, custom forms for different roles and interviews.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The user interface can be rough, especially around configuring roles. My colleagues often fill in interviews with "n/a" instead of marking that they didn't attend an interview, which happens so often that the user interface must be at least partly to blame.

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

Tracking candidates and interview feedback in Lever has worked very well for us. It's now possible to collect feedback and track candidates through the whole process.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Lever Review"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like the categories of the hiring pipeline and being able to see which stage each candidate is in.

What do you dislike about Lever?

The offer approval process and closing out an offer is a bit of a cluster.

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

Keeping everyone on the team on the same page about each candidate and each candidate stage.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Nice interface, lacking key components"
What do you like best about Lever?

I think Lever has a solid interface, is really well designed, and fairly intuitive overall.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Lever's standard reporting capability is far below par, and their ability to integrate with other solution pales in comparison to its competitors. While a full-solution product is great in theory, completely foregoing integrations with other providers makes adoption frustrating.

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

Trying to solve a variety of recruiting problems, as well as reporting needs. Haven't yet seen the gains in these areas.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 19, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Boutique ATS"
What do you like best about Lever?

Flexible and simple for small companies without complexity such as a detailed job application, knock-out questions, etc.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Cannot make pipeline stages required, integration to other HCM systems is not strong (e.g. ADP), need auto-trigger to send out notifications to teams within the company when marked as "Hired", offer letters should be dynamic that is there shouldn't be any templates (rather a more customizable and save option), so if a Recruiter wants to copy an 'offer' letter, they should be able to including the placeholders.

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

Problems solved are basic integrations, offer letter templates, and benefits are the on the go approval process

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 26, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Recruiting Software"
What do you like best about Lever?

It easily sent me the interview schedule and the candidates resume. It even sent me a reminder for the interview and an email after the interview to review the candidate. Easy to use, self explanatory

What do you dislike about Lever?

It was kind of creepy that the hiring manager could see what I was typing for the candidate review as I was typing. They may want to change that

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

A centralized place to do recruiting

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Lever helps our team communicate and keeps our process moving"
What do you like best about Lever?

With the addition of features like Nuture, Lever has made it even easier for our team to communicate and move quickly through our hiring process. We are a small company and the hiring team usually has limited resources for recruiting. Tools that help us track decisions and centralize communication, allow others to pick up slack when people are busy so our interview process never loses momentum. Not to say Lever doesn't have it's flaws, but the support team is responsive and open to product ideas.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Exporting data in order to perform our own analyses and reports is difficult and poorly formatted.

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

We are able to track our candidate pipeline, organize our interview process, and communicate across teams in an efficient and repeatable manner.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Feb 28, 2019
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Overall Rating:
3.0
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"Lot of room for improvement"
What do you like best about Lever?

Usability on lever is what brought us to the product. Also thought it would be a good product as we scaled the team and did more structured interviews.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Metrics! These are extremely confusing and it's very difficult to replicate results.

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

We are able to stay organized as a recruiting function. It becomes our single source for truth.

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