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I'm the founder and CTO of Lever, YC S12. I also worked at Google as a PM prior to founding Lever. Let me know how I can help if anyone has questions! We're a

by nateps 7y ago

I'm the founder and CTO of Lever, YC S12. I also worked at Google as a PM prior to founding Lever. Let me know how I can help if anyone has questions! We're a great alternative to Google Hire.

jacob_rezi 7y ago
Wow cool to find you like this. We built a resume software which focuses exactly on working with ats (https://rezi.io/ https://rezi.io/) We plan to make resume formats specific to certain types of ATS, Lever being amongst the first we hope to work with. Any way this message can spark that conversation? Our users & hiring partners love the idea.
- nateps 7y ago
  Send me a note, <first name>@lever.co, and we'll take it from there!
- shusson 7y ago
  https://rezi.io https://rezi.io is returning a 500 page :(
  - jacob_rezi 7y ago
    thanks for the notice - all sorted now
2arrs2ells 7y ago
Nate - why do you think Google shut down Hire? When it launched, did you see any path for it to become a major ATS player, given Google's impatience? Thx & hope Lever scoops up a bunch of customers from the transition (if Hire even had a bunch of customers!).
- nateps 7y ago
  As many of the news articles have talked about, Google Hire's origin was the acquisition of Bebop. Some discussion on this HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839516 In this case, I know that Diane Greene advocated for her team to have the opportunity to launch their product, which they had been developing in stealth from 2012-2016. I haven't worked there for some time now, but Google has historically supported teams in launching into the market through experiments, labs, new product launches, etc. However, Google's current scale makes it very difficult for a new product to be worth improving and maintaining. They must make billions in revenue directly or indirectly to show up in a meaningful way. In most cases, products are given a few years, tested for impact, and ultimately the most likely outcome is that a product will fail when that is the bar. It is not entirely different from the reality of a startup—the majority of startups don't last either.
stuartleigh 7y ago
One of the biggest drivers for me picking google hire over Lever or Workable or one of the alternatives was the pricing model. By charging based on the size of the company and not the number of job slots it removed one of the biggest pains we had which was the constant juggling of putting specs live and archiving some as the priorities changed. £300 p/month for essentially unlimited slots was unbeatable. What is the feedback and calendaring integrations like with Lever and gSuite?
- nateps 7y ago
  Lever charges on company employee size as well! You can have as many job postings as makes most sense for your talent marketing / candidate experience. Lever's G Suite integration for both calendaring and email is quite extensive. In addition, we have a feature called Easy Book that enables candidates to book their own interview times, especially useful for phone screens. Here's more with some screenshots: https://help.lever.co/hc/en-us/articles/360025622851-How-to-automate-your-scheduling-with-default-interview-plans https://help.lever.co/hc/en-us/articles/360025622851-How-to-...
mjfisher 7y ago
Hi Nate. I've recently launched a service for managing coding challenges for recruitment through git (https://candidatecode.com https://candidatecode.com). I'm keen to start offering some lightweight integrations for a few ATS - is there anyone you can point me to in Lever that might be able to kick off that discussion?
- nateps 7y ago
  Sure thing. Send me a note and I can forward

by nateps 7y ago

I'm the founder and CTO of Lever, YC S12. I also worked at Google as a PM prior to founding Lever. Let me know how I can help if anyone has questions! We're a great alternative to Google Hire.

jacob_rezi 7y ago

Wow cool to find you like this. We built a resume software which focuses exactly on working with ats (https://rezi.io/ https://rezi.io/) We plan to make resume formats specific to certain types of ATS, Lever being amongst the first we hope to work with. Any way this message can spark that conversation? Our users & hiring partners love the idea.

nateps 7y ago
Send me a note, <first name>@lever.co, and we'll take it from there!
shusson 7y ago
https://rezi.io https://rezi.io is returning a 500 page :(
- jacob_rezi 7y ago
  thanks for the notice - all sorted now

2arrs2ells 7y ago

Nate - why do you think Google shut down Hire? When it launched, did you see any path for it to become a major ATS player, given Google's impatience? Thx & hope Lever scoops up a bunch of customers from the transition (if Hire even had a bunch of customers!).

nateps 7y ago
As many of the news articles have talked about, Google Hire's origin was the acquisition of Bebop. Some discussion on this HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839516 In this case, I know that Diane Greene advocated for her team to have the opportunity to launch their product, which they had been developing in stealth from 2012-2016. I haven't worked there for some time now, but Google has historically supported teams in launching into the market through experiments, labs, new product launches, etc. However, Google's current scale makes it very difficult for a new product to be worth improving and maintaining. They must make billions in revenue directly or indirectly to show up in a meaningful way. In most cases, products are given a few years, tested for impact, and ultimately the most likely outcome is that a product will fail when that is the bar. It is not entirely different from the reality of a startup—the majority of startups don't last either.

stuartleigh 7y ago

One of the biggest drivers for me picking google hire over Lever or Workable or one of the alternatives was the pricing model. By charging based on the size of the company and not the number of job slots it removed one of the biggest pains we had which was the constant juggling of putting specs live and archiving some as the priorities changed. £300 p/month for essentially unlimited slots was unbeatable. What is the feedback and calendaring integrations like with Lever and gSuite?

nateps 7y ago
Lever charges on company employee size as well! You can have as many job postings as makes most sense for your talent marketing / candidate experience. Lever's G Suite integration for both calendaring and email is quite extensive. In addition, we have a feature called Easy Book that enables candidates to book their own interview times, especially useful for phone screens. Here's more with some screenshots: https://help.lever.co/hc/en-us/articles/360025622851-How-to-automate-your-scheduling-with-default-interview-plans https://help.lever.co/hc/en-us/articles/360025622851-How-to-...

mjfisher 7y ago

Hi Nate. I've recently launched a service for managing coding challenges for recruitment through git (https://candidatecode.com https://candidatecode.com). I'm keen to start offering some lightweight integrations for a few ATS - is there anyone you can point me to in Lever that might be able to kick off that discussion?

nateps 7y ago
Sure thing. Send me a note and I can forward