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How this compares

Lever ranks #4 of 15 scanned HR & recruiting sites, scoring 82/100 — 6 points above the category average of 76. The category leader scores 87. Immediately above is Ashby on 84, and immediately below, HiBob on 81.

Cited by AI answer engines

In the week of Oct 11, 2026, lever.co was cited by OpenAI (gpt-4.1-mini) on 1 of 5, Anthropic (claude-sonnet-4-6) on 1 of 5, and Perplexity (sonar) on 2 of 5 HR & recruiting prompts b/cited watches. Its best position was #2, on “Which recruiting tool integrates best with job boards and a shared calendar for interview scheduling?” (Anthropic (claude-sonnet-4-6)). Citations are engine output at the time of the run, not a b/cited rating, and the prompts are a sample, not a census.

Overall
82 / 100
AEO
75 / 100
Rank
#4 of 15
Cited by AI
4 of 15
prompt × engine pairs, week of Oct 11, 2026
Last scanned
10/11/2026
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Results
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Overall
82 / 100
36 pass15 warn2 fail
Scanned
lever.co
1.4s · 53 checks
⚠ PSI_API_KEY not configured
Indexing & crawl96 / 10011✓1!
  • HTTPS
    served over https://
    Docs →
  • HTTP response
    200 OK
    Docs →
  • Time to first byte
    154ms (fast)
    Docs →
  • Redirect chain
    1 redirect (acceptable)
    Docs →
  • robots.txt present
    320 bytes
    Docs →
  • robots.txt allows this URL
    Googlebot may crawl /
    Docs →
  • Sitemap referenced in robots.txt
    Sitemap: directive present
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml present
    439 URLs
    Docs →
  • sitemap.xml uses <lastmod>
    lastmod hints help Googlebot prioritize re-crawls
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  • No noindex directive
    page is indexable
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  • Canonical URL
    canonical points elsewhere: https://www.lever.co
    Docs →
  • lang attribute on <html>
    lang="en"
    Docs →
Metadata100 / 1008✓
  • Title tag length
    44 chars — within SERP-display range
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  • Title tag present
    "Lever | Modern Recruiting Software &amp; ATS"
  • Meta description length
    147 chars — within SERP-display range
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  • Meta description present
    "Lever is modern recruiting software that combines ATS and CRM capabilities to help scaling teams nu…"
  • H1 heading
    single H1: "Hiring That Doesn&#x27;t Hijack Your Week"
  • Subheadings (H2)
    8 <h2> elements
  • Mobile viewport
    viewport meta present
  • Favicon
    icon link tag present
AEO (Answer Engines)75 / 1004✓4!
  • llms.txt
    missing — recommended for sites you want cited by LLMs
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  • ai.txt (Spawning consent)
    missing (optional) — Spawning consent file is not load-bearing for citation, but signals intent
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  • AI crawler stance in robots.txt
    6 addressed: GPTBot, Claude-Web, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended…
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  • FAQPage schema (citation-friendly)
    present — AI engines love a Q&A structure
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  • HowTo schema
    absent — HowTo gets cited heavily for procedural queries
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  • Organization schema
    present
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  • WebSite / WebApplication schema
    present
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  • Author / Person schema (E-E-A-T)
    absent — author credibility is part of Google E-E-A-T and feeds AI citation trust
    Docs →
Structured data83 / 1004✓2!
  • JSON-LD structured data present
    3 JSON-LD block(s)
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  • JSON-LD valid JSON
    all blocks parsed cleanly
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  • Organization or WebSite schema
    Organization + WebSite
    Docs →
  • Sitelinks searchbox (SearchAction)
    no SearchAction — your site can't opt into the sitelinks searchbox feature
    Docs →
  • BreadcrumbList
    no BreadcrumbList — Google may not show your breadcrumb path in SERP
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  • Content-specific schema in use
    present: FAQPage
    Docs →
Social cards90 / 1004✓1!
  • Open Graph (core 5)
    og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type all present
    Docs →
  • og:image dimensions
    og:image:width + og:image:height declared
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  • og:image:alt
    alt text declared for social image
    Docs →
  • Twitter Card (core 4)
    twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image all present
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  • twitter:image:alt
    no twitter:image:alt — limits accessibility on the X.com card
    Docs →
Security50 / 1002✓3!2✗
  • HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security)
    max-age=63072000 (≥1 year)
    Docs →
  • X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
    header missing
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  • Clickjacking protection
    no X-Frame-Options and no CSP frame-ancestors — clickjacking risk
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  • Content-Security-Policy
    no CSP header — strong defense-in-depth signal
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  • Referrer-Policy
    no Referrer-Policy — browsers will use defaults that leak origin
    Docs →
  • Permissions-Policy
    no Permissions-Policy — opportunity to restrict unused browser APIs
    Docs →
  • No mixed content
    no http:// asset references on this https page
    Docs →
Performance50 / 1001!
  • PageSpeed Insights API
    PSI_API_KEY not configured
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Mobile80 / 1003✓2!
  • Viewport meta
    width=device-width, initial-scale=1
    Docs →
  • Apple touch icon
    apple-touch-icon link tag present
    Docs →
  • theme-color meta
    declared (consider pairing with prefers-color-scheme for dark mode)
    Docs →
  • AMP variant
    no AMP variant — Google no longer requires AMP; informational only
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  • Web app manifest
    no manifest — site is not installable as a PWA
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International50 / 1001!
  • hreflang annotations
    no hreflang declarations — fine for English-only sites; required for localized variants
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Scores reflect the last automated crawl and refresh weekly; citation-panel results are engine output and refresh weekly with the scan. Want a live audit of your own site? Run a free scan.