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Lever ATS Guide

by Lever — used in US, UK, DE, CH · ~5% of tech companies

Used by

Shopify, Quora, Hugging Face, Substack

Strengths

  • ATS + CRM hybrid
  • Visual pipeline
  • Strong integrations

Score Weighting

keywords
25%
format
15%
completeness
20%
experience
30%
education
10%

Lever ATS Guide

Lever combines ATS and CRM functionality, popular with growth-stage tech companies. It relies more on recruiter review than automated parsing.

How Lever Parses Your CV

Lever extracts basic information (name, email, phone, current title) and presents the CV to the recruiter. Unlike pure ATS systems, Lever doesn’t heavily score or filter based on CV content alone.

What Lever Looks For

  1. Experience (30%): Job titles, companies, and date ranges matter most.
  2. Completeness (20%): All standard sections present.
  3. Keywords (25%): Matched against job description by recruiter.
  4. Format (15%): Readable layout.
  5. Education (10%): Degree and institution.

Tips for Lever

  • Write a strong CV summary — recruiters read it first
  • Use clear job titles even if your official title was different
  • Include links to portfolio/GitHub/LinkedIn
  • Keep formatting simple and consistent
  • Tailor for the role — Lever is recruiter-driven, not parser-driven

Weaknesses

  • Light parsing
  • Relies on recruiter review
  • Less automated filtering