Lever Application Not Submitting
Quick answer
If a Lever job application will not submit, the usual causes are a missing required field, a bad resume file, a browser extension or an outage; trying another browser and a clean DOCX resume fixes most cases.
Most likely fix: Check required fields
How to fix it
Try these in order — the most common fix is first.
1. Check required fields
- Scroll the whole form and look for red-marked fields
- Fill in links, phone and custom questions, then submit again
Did this fix it?2. Switch browser and disable extensions
- Open the job link in a private window or another browser
- Turn off ad blockers and autofill extensions
- Try your phone on mobile data
Did this fix it?3. Re-save the resume as a simple DOCX
- Remove tables, text boxes and graphics
- Name it FirstLast-Resume.docx, keep it under about 5 MB
- Upload again and check the preview
Did this fix it?4. Check Lever status and apply on the company site
- Open status.lever.co for open incidents
- If you applied via Indeed, Lever says failed submissions route to the Lever-hosted posting: apply there
- If it still fails, email the recruiter with the job URL, time and error text
Did this fix it?
Symptoms
Submit button does nothing, spins forever, or shows an error after you press Apply.
Why it happens
- Required question or field left empty
- Resume file too large or in an unsupported layout
- Ad blocker or autofill extension interfering with the form
- Lever incident (check status.lever.co)
- Application came through a job board such as Indeed Apply that failed
This guide also covers
- lever application not submitting
- lever apply button not working
- jobs.lever.co error
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