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Lever Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

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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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1,899 Lever Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 02, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
FB
Félix B.
Founder
Share
"Great tool for applicant management"
What do you like best about Lever?

It works very well to consult my pending candidates, those already interviewed or the next ones. In my company we have good integrations of all of them and it works as a unique place to really prepare for the interview.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Could have more integrations to generate even greater value

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

Summary of everything you need to know before interviewing an applicant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 02, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
BD
Bharat D.
Founder
Share
"Good so far, everything is smooth & easy to understand."
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy interface, no pointless complication.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Sometimes the resume auto read doesn't work well.

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

Allows me to keep a track of referred candidates & their application statuses.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
GW
Gary W.
Founder
Share
"Good end to end recruiting tool"
What do you like best about Lever?

All of the candidate information is in one place including the status and workflow of progressing or archiving a candidate.

What do you dislike about Lever?

It's a little unclear what some of the workflow steps/statuses mean. e.g. whether you're moving a candidate to HR screening or hiring manager interviews.

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

Tracking of all candidates, their information, and status

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"User friendly Lever"
What do you like best about Lever?

- Very easy to learn - No hidden processes - Easy to view and apply the jobs - Not many steps are involved in scheduling the candidates - Customisable as per your requirements - Visual insights are easy to interpret

What do you dislike about Lever?

- Unable to store candidate details which are required to initiate an offer - Downloading the reports is not feasible

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

- Analysis of different conversion rates, including source mix, interview conversion and panel utilisation - Tracking the number of interviews taken by the interviewers

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Integration and power"
What do you like best about Lever?

Integration with other apps such as LinkedIn and calendar

What do you dislike about Lever?

sometimes they have some bugs and is slow

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

Candidate management, emailing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Everything you need in one place"
What do you like best about Lever?

I love that all the info you need on a candidate is in one place

What do you dislike about Lever?

I felt it wasn't user friendly. I had to mess around with the site to find what I needed.

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

It keeps all incoming resumes in one place and helps with keeping track of them.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Lever - making interview process structured and seamless for organisations"
What do you like best about Lever?

The overall structure of Lever is good for coordination among different persons involved, its easy to use, lots of features like candidate overview and feedbacks for next interviewers.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Nothing as such, maybe UI could be improved further.

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

We use Lever for recruitment & its been great experience overall.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Lever made my life easier."
What do you like best about Lever?

I'm currently working for a Consultant Agency, and time to time I need to look for new open project to get in, and with Lever everything gets so much easier.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I can't think of any cons right now. It suits me well. :)

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

Lever makes the positions visibility much better. I can see the open positions in my company and all of their details.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
DS
Diwakar S.
Founder
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"Incredible Employee Referral Portal"
What do you like best about Lever?

Easy to access , upload and fast auto data fetching of CV details such as name and other things auto fill due to this less manual effort is required here.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Just need one option when we clicked on any job there should bi drag button/cursor which show that what's skills, expertise and yrs of experience required on the given designation. I refred so many people in my organisation but their is only option to choose job designation which leads further rejection in screening . If we know tha proper requirement details then we will refer someone accordingly.

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

Simple and Easy UI

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
LV
Lillian V.
Founder
Share
"Have been using Lever since 2017 and it's gotten better"
What do you like best about Lever?

The functionality (features) and the price are the best things about this app. I use it every day. Customor support is fast as well. Easy to use and navigate.

What do you dislike about Lever?

There is a glitch that has happened for the last few years where if I am writing an email and click outside the email in *just* the right spot, it will delete everything I wrote. Drives me MAD.

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

It keeps all our applicants and potential candidates and process all in one place. Having varying access levels is helpful.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
SG
Sparsh G.
Founder
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"Great CV details fetcher and autofill the fields with correct information"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like how the lever file fetcher analysis the correct information and then auto write to right fields

What do you dislike about Lever?

Nothing of as now , I seen in lever in current time

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

Lever is solving the problem of ATS and referals system of particular organisation , it is easy to use

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AR
Ana R.
Talent Acquisition
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"Lever ATS will simplify your Process"
What do you like best about Lever?

Ability to see reviews in review stage and create an action from there, Ability to schedule candidates and move along pipeline, Message Hiring managers under candidates profile

What do you dislike about Lever?

Would like to see the integration of Linked In Recruiter work better. I am not able to to see resumes when I manually export creating more work and delay of candidate experience

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

streamlining candidate experience, through integration of job boards getting additional candidates to see our opportunities, our time to fill and diversity #s have increased

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 23, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great experience with Ferno walking me through the Lever integration!"
What do you like best about Lever?

Hiring Manager interface, user-friendly, easily can naviaget within the system, addresses everthing we needed in an ATS - ratings, tags, pipeline, search, etc.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Would like a "start review" for any pipeline stage, would like to be able to start the review at different applications rather than always from the beginning, would like an option to notify multiple people when a req is opened

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

Needed ATS

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Oct 18, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Akhil K. avatar
Akhil K.
Manager
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"Usage Review"
What do you like best about Lever?

Ease of usage, free process. Seamless flows

What do you dislike about Lever?

Information visibility. Alerts being sent

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

Hiring, very easy & good process

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 25, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
BL
Barbara L.
Founder
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"One of the smoothest ATS implementations I've been a part of!"
What do you like best about Lever?

Our implementation specialist was incredible! Alex was patient, thorough and always communicative. The system is very intuitive and pretty adaptable to meet our needs.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I would have loved to have had our background checks and drug screens integrated to further streamline the process for our candidates. Also, during the sales process, we were told the system could do some of the things we were asking for but ultimately, it couldn't. For example, we were told that we could make all of our onboarding docs automated but the Docusign portion does limit us some.

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

It has completely streamlined the processing of applicants for our recruiters and hiring managers. The fact that our managers can approve staff requisitions with just a click of a link in an email without having to log into the system has been a game changer. We are moving to "offers being made" much quicker.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 22, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Great tool, great implementation rep, left us feeling confident when launching Lever!"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever is an amazing tool to help streamline the interview and hiring process and collect data. My favorite part about Lever is the ability to collaborate with other team members and also see the different insights on job postings, interviews, hiring, etc.

What do you dislike about Lever?

There are a couple things I wish could be skipped over or a little more tailored, but overall nothing major.

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

Collaboration and understanding between offices; tracking data and insights.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 21, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Good experience"
What do you like best about Lever?

The interface is logical and well-structured.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Outreach is currently based only on email communication; however, there are no industry alternatives available at the moment. It's a general desire that we could use not only email but also messengers as the primary means of contact.

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

Data storaging / GDPR / Job ads

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Sep 06, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Brett L. avatar
Brett L.
Sr Project Manager
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"Great Project"
What do you like best about Lever?

User experience, Lever Professional Services

What do you dislike about Lever?

Truly can't think of anything I could ask to improve.

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

ATS, real time recruiting, ease of use and streamline of process

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 01, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
MM
Muhammad M.
Founder
Share
"Lever is very easy to use with its simple friendly interface"
What do you like best about Lever?

Lever's interface is very simple and easy to use

What do you dislike about Lever?

Navigating through the menus is not as easy or simple as it could be

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

Lever helps my company track referrals. It allows the employees to refer candidates and continuously update them on where their referral is in the employment process.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 29, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
NK
Niall K.
Founder
Share
"Solid transparent, easy to use, candidate friendly ATS"
What do you like best about Lever?

Candidate based pipeline. Focus on candidate experience is better than others. Hiring Manager Transparency on candidate depth and pipelining. Better reporting than most

What do you dislike about Lever?

Scheduling complex interviews is not a strength of lever Employment Branding is limited no trigger for doing take home tests assessments if not using a 3rd party

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

Candidate management

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 11, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
RW
Ryan W.
Founder
Share
"Excellent Implementation Process"
What do you like best about Lever?

Seamless candidate pipeline, template creation for emails and feedback, and Easy Book saves so much time that used to be spent manually scheduling interviews. Training and resource guides are digestible and don't leave you scratching your head trying to figure out how to get what you need.

What do you dislike about Lever?

As a new user, I have no current complains. The system is far beyond easier than our previous ATS and the implementation team (Alexandra) was so curteous, thoughtful, and kind throughoput the entire process. Give that woman a raise!

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

Steamlined candidate sourcing and pipeline stage visbility for hiring managers ensures we aren't spending time tracking applicants on a sheet or project board. Communications are easier than ever before and the template-creation functionality saves hours of work.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 10, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
GO
Gabriel O.
Founder
Share
"Minha experiência com a Lever"
What do you like best about Lever?

Prático e fácil de acompanhar, gosto de ver as vagas e as descrições.

What do you dislike about Lever?

As vezes a parte de ver as nossas indicações poderia ter uma interface visual de progressão, para entendermos as fases da indicação.

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

Ver as vagas e indicar profissionais.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"User Friendly"
What do you like best about Lever?

The layout of job postings is simple and easy to follow and the ability to filter postings is helpful.

What do you dislike about Lever?

There could be a back button to return to postings rather than using the back button on the browser.

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

Lever allows me to search jobs within the institution very easily.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"18 years of recruitment experience and Lever has been the best ATS I have used"
What do you like best about Lever?

Ease of use. It works how you think it should work.

What do you dislike about Lever?

not much really. candidates are called opportunities, but once you get used to that it is good

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

candidate management

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
LJ
Laura J.
Talent Acquisition Manager
Share
"Highly Customizable with Great User Experiences"
What do you like best about Lever?

I really enjoy how easy it is to customize everything in the system, and have found the automation and the tagging in particular to be great for helping me to be more efficient. I am still mastering the analytics but the existing dashboards are well laid out and easy to understand.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I do wish the customization of the dashboards was a bit more intuitive to use, because the existing ones are *almost* perfect and I wish it was easier to just make small tweaks. I wish we could tag from the "review candidates" view-- its a great view, and I use it a lot, but I'd like to tag from there because its a really logical place for that.

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

I am able to work very efficiently to review a large number of candidates quickly, and the tagging allows me to track candidates very easily for nurture campaigns, as well. I love the easy book links for scheduling-- huge time savings and none of the major HRIS we recently looked at could compete with the ease of using Lever, so we decided not to get the add-on to the HRIS and keep Lever.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
DW
Daniel W.
Founder
Share
"Everything I need all in one spot"
What do you like best about Lever?

I love the ease of being able to send emails and read responses from applicants as well as reviewing all communication in one place. I don't have to search my emails for them. Also being able to organize all applicants on a timeline of where they are in the process. Scheduling applicants and using the template feature is so time saving.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Honestly I can not think of anything that I have thought I would like to see but don't have the ability to do on Lever. Maybe the website could be cleaned up to have more options of what I do and do not see based on my needs to keep information for me specific.

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

It just puts everything I need from a new applicant all the way through hiring for the position all in one place and easy to find and follow no matter how many applicants I recieve

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
BW
Beatrice W.
Founder
Share
"Easy to use UI/UX"
What do you like best about Lever?

As an interviewer, I like that it's easy to find what I'm looking for: the candidate's resume, where I'm supposed to leave notes about them, what position they're interviewing for. I like that I can have 2 panels on the same screen.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I don't like the limited ratings on the candidate: 5 levels. I wish there were more options to select from that included more nuance about the candidate.

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

Remembering who I've interviewed and what I liked/didn't like about them. As I learn how to interview people, I can look back on my previous interviews and the feedback I gave about them and calibrate myself about what kind of candidate we're looking for.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
DW
David W.
Founder
Share
"A powerful tool for collaborative recruiting and job placement"
What do you like best about Lever?

I love how easy the product makes collaboration across multiple hiring partners in the organzation.

What do you dislike about Lever?

Some features are a little hard to find in the navigation, but once you get used to it you can generally overcome this.

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

It enables a globally dispersed team to easily collaborate on candidate interviews, feedback and tracking their movement through the entire recruiting process.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
KC
Keith C.
Founder
Share
"Good experience"
What do you like best about Lever?

I like the organization of the profiles of the candidates. It seamlessly intergrates with your email so there is no need to bcc when communicating to log interactions.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I really don't have anything to complain about. everything works great

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

It makes it easy to communicate with applicants and archiving all of our old applicants.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Aug 08, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
FV
Fernando V.
Founder
Share
"It is a friendly management platform"
What do you like best about Lever?

It is easy to fill out feedback and follow up on the different steps in the Process.

What do you dislike about Lever?

I have not found a Level App that I can manage from the phone

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

It makes it easier for me to monitor the recruitment of Personnel