Lever resume checker
Lever takes files up to 10 MB. Check the file you’ll send before you hit apply.
Check your resume for Lever
PDF, Word, RTF or text, up to 12MB
Read on your device: your file is never uploaded. If you open it in the Studio, its text goes to our AI for suggestions. We never sell it or train AI on it.
How to check a resume for Lever. Four steps, about a minute.
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Drop the file you plan to send
PDF or Word, the exact file. It’s read on your device and never uploaded.
Check it against Lever’s rules
The file type is checked against the list Lever publishes, and the size against its published limit.
Fix what a parser could misread
Columns, tables, text that is a picture, a missing email or a job with no dates. Each one is listed with the fix.
Fix it and send a clean file
Open it in the Studio to fix what was flagged, then download a one-column PDF of real text.
What Lever takes. From its own documentation.
| Feature | Lever | Source |
|---|---|---|
| File types | PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF and TXT | Lever Help Center, adding and deleting resumes |
| Upload limit | 10 MB | Lever Help Center, adding and deleting resumes |
| Fills the form from your resume | Yes, the fields it recognises | Lever Help Center, understanding resume parsing |
When a resume is parsed, Lever extracts the readable information and fills the matching fields on the candidate profile, including name, organisation and contact details. If parsing does not work, Lever's documented fallback is to type the information into the profile by hand. A failed parse leaves a thinner record. It is not a rejection.
What Lever does differently. Each one sourced.
- The resume limit is 10 MBLever's help centre states that the maximum resume file size that can be uploaded is 10 MB. A text-based resume is a small fraction of that. A file near the limit almost always means embedded images, and images are the one thing Lever says it cannot read. Lever Help Center, adding and deleting resumes
- Images are never parsedLever says it cannot parse information from image files such as JPG or PNG. Its own test is simple: if you cannot highlight the text in the document with your cursor, the document is probably not parseable. A scanned PDF fails that test. Lever Help Center, understanding resume parsing
- The parse list is not the upload listThe uploader names .doc, .docx, .pdf and .txt as examples of what it takes. The list of formats Lever can parse is Word, PDF, Rich Text (RTF), WordPerfect, HTML, MS Office HTML and OpenDocument. Plain text is not on it, so PDF or DOCX is the safer choice. Lever Help Center, understanding resume parsing
- Employer-hosted forms do not pre-fillLever lists six ways an employer can run its careers site. In five of them the application is hosted by Lever and resumes are auto-parsed to pre-populate the form. In the sixth, where the employer builds its own application form on Lever's API, Lever states that auto-parsing to pre-populate applications is not supported. Lever Help Center, Lever career site options
Everything we know about Lever, with sources: the Lever guide.
What this check can’t tell you. So you don’t trust it for the wrong thing.
This isn’t Lever’s own view of your resume. We have no access to Lever, and each employer sets it up their own way. What we check is what Lever publishes about files, plus how a typical parser reads your layout.
To see which keywords a posting wants and which ones you’re missing, run the ATS resume checker with the job post.
Applying through a different system? Same check, its rules.
- Workday resume checkerWorkday’s own careers site takes files up to 5 MB. Each employer sets its own limit.
- Greenhouse resume checkerGreenhouse takes files up to 100 MB but reads nothing from one over 2.5 MB.
- Taleo resume checkerOracle Taleo ships with a 1 MB file limit. Raising it, to 5 MB at most, takes a support request to Oracle.
- iCIMS resume checkeriCIMS publishes no size limit.
Questions about checking a resume for Lever
The Lever guide, with sourcesMatch your resume to a job postConvert it to one clean columnEvery ATS we track
What file types does Lever accept for a resume?
PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF and TXT, per Lever Help Center, adding and deleting resumes. PDF or DOCX is the safe pick: both keep real text, and every system in our ATS guides takes them.
What is the Lever resume file size limit?
Lever takes files up to 10 MB.
Will this tell me my Lever score?
No. We have no access to Lever, and Lever doesn’t publish how it ranks resumes. This check covers what Lever does publish, its file rules, and how a parser reads your layout.
Is my resume uploaded?
No. The file is read in your browser and never leaves your device. If you open it in the Studio, its text goes to our AI for suggestions. We never sell it or train AI on it.
Is it free?
Yes. The check is free with no sign-up.
Fix it before you apply.
Open it in the Studio to fix what it flagged and download a clean PDF. Every line is checked as you edit.
Optional: ATSPrep Pro, $9 for 7 days, $29 for 3 months or $12 a month, adds more AI, tailoring and Word downloads. See the plans