# Page 14 | Lever Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 14 - Is Lever the right Recruiting solution for you? Explore 654 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/142452/Lever/reviews --- Lever 4.6 (654) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/142452/Lever/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 14 - Reviews of Lever ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 326-350 of 654 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Vice President Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Gamechanger for ATS users" November 23, 2021 5.0 Pros Incredibly easy UI that leads to one of the best ATS processes I've ever used. Cons It can be a bit complicated if managing multiple hirings at once but once you get the hang it is manageable. Review Source CW Cody W. Talent Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ease of use, customer support is awesome " June 4, 2018 4.0 Pros Levers ease of scheduling is a huge plus for us. We have almost 1000 employees and multiple line managers and interviewers. Cons The usability of creating forms and process that directly aligns to our internal business needs tend to be tough or not doable at this stage in the game for Lever. We often get the answer "that's a great question, one that we have been hearing a good bit. I'll make sure we pass this onto our business systems team so they're aware." Review Source MD Michelle D. Head of People Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Saves huge amounts of admin time" August 13, 2018 5.0 Pros The system has certainly saved me a LOT of admin time, which I appreciate considering we hired 8 people last month and wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise. Easy to get set up and easy to use. Take the time to get set up properly and use the workflows, i.e. easybook links, to maximise time savings. Cons It's an investment up front and obviously have to train the team to get up and running smoothly, but worth the effort and an intuitive interface. Review Source KH Krystal H. CSC Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "User Friendly" December 7, 2022 5.0 Pros Lever is easy to use when searching for both internal and external postings. It is very organized and I wish all companies used it due to its ease of use. Cons I liked everything about Lever. It is like no other software I have used in the past. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Experienced Managing Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lever Hire" October 9, 2018 4.0 Pros Lever Hire is a great tool for structuring interviews to make sure interviewers touch upon key subjects, core competencies, etc. As the interviewer, using Level following the interview is super easy and allows for a consistent approach to evaluate candidates and provide feedback to the recruiting team. It has increased efficiency for me following interviews and has cut down on time between interview and the recruiter being able to follow up with the candidate. Cons When someone mentions you in a note, it sends an email, but there's not an easy way to respond to the mention. It would be great if the email included a way to respond. Also, I don't think there is a mobile app and having an app would be really useful Review Source Jenalyn A. HR Consultant Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "It is a great solution to manage the end to end recruitment process." May 22, 2018 4.0 Pros It was easy to use, single sign-on, links with office 365 and outlook. Easy administration, facilitates collaboration and communication, and manages and stores data. Cons There are few minor things like we cannot change the EEO statement to adapt to where we are located (NZ). The email sync was initially slow. Email fonts are variable but nothing we can't tolerate. Review Source AH Alli H. Manager, Customer Marketing Consumer Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool for keeping track of applicants that have interviewed." June 30, 2019 5.0 Pros Easy to navigate, intuitive and didn't require training to use it. Makes it easy to track which applicants you've spoken to and for what roles, and you can easily reference notes and resumes. I personally love that it makes you select your preference on the candidate right then and there (though I am not sure if these are standard options or how our company chose to set it up) but having the ability to only choose Strong Yes/Yes/Strong No/No makes me think more about how I will proceed with my feedback. I also love the ability to see the resume and have the notes section up on the screen at the same time, which makes it very convenient for keeping notes on phone or video interviews. Cons I can't think of anything so far that I haven't liked! Review Source Carli K. Corporate Recruiter Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "So far so good. System looks great, is easy to use, and cuts out a lot of admin work. " July 16, 2018 5.0 Pros The system is very intuitive. It integrates really well with LinkedIn and it has cut out a lot of the "time wasting" activities in my day (going back and forth about scheduling interviews, parsing candidates from LinkedIn, etc.) Cons It took some getting used to just because it's different from the previous system I was using but nothing really bad to report. Review Source ML Mike L. Manager Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lever ... the best ATS available" April 18, 2017 4.0 I have 17 years recruiting experience and have founded two recruiting firms, consulted for 5 startups in building the recruiting function, and now manage a talent acquisition team for a startup within a Fortune 30 company. I have used most of the major (and some unknown) Applicant Track Systems (Bullhorn, Jobvite, Maxhire, PCRecruiter, SmartRecruiters, to name a few) and none of them help move the pipeline and surface old candidates as well as Lever. Excellent product! Pros The ease of use if off the charts. The pipeline-centric UI makes the product very usable with little or no training. Cons The user permissions are a bit more complex than they need to be. The job posting service is decent, but could be improved to bring more traffic. Review Source MM Mark M. Head of Business and Partnerships Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A clean and easy way to track applicants" May 25, 2017 4.0 Overall Lever is a great tool that is perfect for small to medium sized teams. It has enabled us to stay on top of key candidates and make our hiring process much more streamlined. Pros \- Easy to use - Simple collaboration with team members - Nice UI/UX - Templated options to save time and ensure consistency through the hiring process Cons \- Analytics isn't completely intuitive - Applicant duplication isn't easy to manage - No ability to update candidate pipeline on your own Review Source MS Molly S. Head of Talent Operations & Programs Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great for users - still a work in progress for admins" February 22, 2018 4.0 Pros \- users LOVE IT - all of our recruiters and hiring managers love the tool and how easy it is to use - built for scale - the platform is built with scale in mind and links many data points together easily Cons \- administration is tricky - the ability to manage approval chains is difficult and not yet able to build based on org hierarchy from HRIS - custom fields are text boxes only, not rich fields (drop-downs, multiple choice, etc.) Review Source Kristy H. Manager of Employee Experience and Corporate Affairs Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Leveraging Lever! " August 22, 2018 5.0 In addition, the implementation team has been amazing and guide me through every step of the process. We are looking forward to the Leverage Lever will give us on reporting and accountability to our Hiring Managers. Pros As an organization going from no ATS to Lever, I am completely blown away by the product, functionality and the ease of use! Cons I did not have anything that stood out to me at this time. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Assistant Corporate Controller Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Lever is Awesome!" November 15, 2018 5.0 Overall, Lever has been a user friendly ATS system that has helped us in our recruiting needs. Pros The thing that I like most about Lever is that it allows us easily track our candidates through a customized pipeline that we made. Cons One thing that is a con is that you can't have customized accesses. This would be beneficial in several different circumstances in our business. Review Source PL Philip L. COO, co-founder Biotechnology Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Pleasantly surprised with how well this product helps with the recruiting process. Great service!" April 11, 2018 5.0 Time savings, scalable across teams, forcing function for HR process and data. Pros I really like the ability to track pipelines, feedback, and metrics across the company. This data centric approach is a huge time savings and probably a better way to recruit than the "old way". I was somewhat skeptical starting off as we were getting swamped by our applicant pipeline (just raised a large VC round and needed to expand fast), but Lever had thought about all this and had great solutions. The implementation support was superb, and really got us over the hurdle of onboarding and becoming quickly productive. Cons We are early in using it, but right now the biggest con is probably still need to pay for job posts (ie on LinkedIN) or spend time sourcing candidates-- so from a cost perspective, it's not a replacement for these other things. I suspect for companies that have a more relaxed hiring pace, it may not be worth the cost of paying for Lever. Review Source AH Alexandra H. Recruiting Coordinator Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to use. Mostly self explanatory. Great support videos and support staff. " September 22, 2017 5.0 Ease of workflow. Everything needed for tracking applicants is one place. Pros Ease of use. I love that there is one menu that takes you to everything. Candidates are easy to review, notifications are purposeful and not too intrusive, and it's so easy to train employees how to use. Also having everything integrated with gmail/google cal is incredible! The ability to leave feedback, or review a candidate profile, add notes and a number of other features available to do through email is an incomparable feature, in my opinion. Also, that you are able to book conference rooms and see interviewers availability is absolutely integral to ease of workflow. Cons The layout could be a little more user friendly. I wish I could see interview booking details in the same place as the feedback. Also, the easy book feature, while great in theory, still has some issues to be resolved, though the availability of the feature itself is still pretty great. Review Source AA Ashley A. Director of Talent Acquisition Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "We love the ease of use and design for our company. " July 20, 2017 5.0 Pros Housing referrals, applicants, and sourced candidates all in one place. Not having to engage with multiple systems to accomplish keeping track of top talent is incredibly valuable in recruiting. The "snooze" button is a fave functionality for staying in touch with pipeline talent. Cons It can get complicated, for an easy system, when candidates apply to multiple positions and turning them down for one but not all roles. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer HR Director Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "All-in-one AND easy to use!" May 18, 2018 5.0 Pros Lever makes the entire recruiting cycle a lot easier! It's very easy to use and has proven to be very valuable from day one! Cons Nothing till now. It's been great! If I had to suggest something it would be to add the ability to schedule a video conference call via lever so that you would never have to use another tool for the entire process. Review Source CB Casey B. Talent Partner Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Support" December 6, 2021 5.0 We had great support with our implementation and the tool has helped us cut manual activities our of our recruiting process! Pros We had wonderful support from our rep \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] ​at Lever in getting implemented and launched! Cons There are still functions that Lever doesn't have yet - hoping they keep rolling out new ones! Review Source AG Akshar G. Associate Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Platform" December 7, 2022 4.0 Pros Simplicity and Ease of Important functionality Cons UI of the Home page can be improved as there are no colors and some animation will do great Review Source LB Lauren B. People Operations Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Exceptional Customer Support + Online Resources" September 1, 2017 5.0 Pros \--Customer Service/Implementation Specialists were SUPERB! Well-versed on the product, responsive, reliable, and even willing to conduct trainings for your team (shout out to Megan Dunn & Bryan Smith) --The online resources are awesome. Screen shots +directions for everything --The Linkedin Chrome extension is a HUGE time-saver --Submitting Referrals is super easy. --Nurture feature is awesome...also, love the fact that candidates are associated by their email address Cons \--Some limitations to the software if you don't opt into the Enterprise Version --I don't believe that I was intentionally misled about the product's capabilities but, there were some instances where I found myself feeling disappointed that some of the features I wanted were in Beta, weren't included in Non-enterprise version, etc. --Some of the terminology is a bit counterintuitive...'Forms' vs. 'Feedback' vs 'Templates' Review Source Jared S. Head of HR Capital Markets Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best modern ATS on the market" March 2, 2018 5.0 I use it to grow our company with ease. Pros Easy, very intuitive, limitless. This software beat out 6 other systems I vetted for my 100 person company and growing rapidly. Cons I like a little pop of color here and there but that's just my style. I anticipate they will add more automation in the workflows but lacking just a touch right now. Review Source ST Sara T. Chief Talent Officer Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "OBSESSED with Lever! " September 1, 2017 5.0 +Huge increase in capacity without hiring staff +Ease of use! Pros +Easy to use and easy to train hiring managers +Cleanly organize candidates and love the email and scheduling functionalities +Integration with Google +Customer service is AMAZING +Constantly improving! +We increased apps by 461% last year because of ease of use Cons +Customer service is awesome, but you do have to reach out to them to make shifts to the platform (would be nice to be able to change some things yourself) +More costly solution for us as a non-profit than former platform, but SO worth it Review Source Audrey P. Assistant Manager, HR Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Awesome Automated ATS" March 28, 2018 4.0 Pros I love how user-friendly it is for both the candidates and the admin users Candidate profiles are automated and easy to view Custom report features Cons Would like to be able to customize more of the hard coded features on Lever Exporting excel files is hard because of too many columns, would like to have them filtered out Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Staff Engineer Consumer Goods Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Lever hiring manager" May 18, 2016 4.0 I like lever as a way to quickly review candidates when they apply for the job and then let the HR staff know my initial impressions. It's generally a good way to collect feedback for the interview process, but the calendar integrations are a little flakey--especially when we try to combine it with reserving a conference room. Pros \- easy to use - simple to collect reviews from interviewers Cons \- calendar integration is flakey sometimes Review Source Argenis U. CEO Computer & Network Security Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "An essential ally for successful recruiters" July 11, 2023 3.0 My experience has been highly satisfactory and positive. I have found in this platform a reliable ally to optimize my recruitment process and effectively manage all stages of recruitment. Pros I love about this platform is its holistic approach to the hiring cycle. Not only does it have a complete applicant tracking system, but it also provides a clear and organized view of the entire process. Cons It is a very complete and effective platform for managing the hiring process, there are some aspects that could be improved. I would like to mention is that sometimes the workload can be a bit slow. This can be especially noticeable when working with a large number of candidates or looking to filter specific data. Review Source Similar Products Featured