layiq
/la·yiq/adjective
worthy; deserving; fitting; suitable.
A role, opportunity, or path that merits attention, time, and pursuit.
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Is this Lever job still open?
A Lever job appears in Lever’s public postings data only while it is published. Paste a link from jobs.lever.co or jobs.eu.lever.co to see whether the posting is still listed and which created date Lever gives. A posting kept off the public list can still open for someone with its link, so a missing job is a question to ask, not a verdict.
Check a Lever job link
What a Lever job link looks like
Lever groups postings by site. Its Postings API documentation says “All job postings are name-spaced within a unique site name. Each company currently only has one site (usually your company name with no spaces).”1 A job link adds the posting’s ID, listed in the documentation as “Unique job posting ID.” Lever’s own example is https://jobs.lever.co/leverdemo/5ac21346-8e0c-4494-8e7a-3eb92ff77902.1 The documentation adds that “published job postings are also automatically viewable via your Lever-hosted job site.”1
| Link shape | What it is | Checker |
|---|---|---|
| jobs.lever.co/{site} | The employer’s Lever-hosted job site, which lists its published postings.1 | A list, not one job. Open it and copy a job’s link. |
| jobs.lever.co/{site}/{posting-id} | One posting’s hosted page, which the documentation calls hostedUrl.1 | Reads it |
| jobs.lever.co/{site}/{posting-id}/apply | The posting’s application form, which the documentation calls applyUrl.1 | Reads it as the same posting |
| jobs.eu.lever.co/{site}/{posting-id} | The same pages on Lever’s EU instance.1 | Reads it |
| A careers page on the employer’s own domain | A custom job site built on Lever’s data. Lever says “directing candidates to Lever's hosted application form is considered a best practice.”1 | Does not read it. Follow its Apply button and paste the jobs.lever.co address. |
Published, unlisted, closed and draft
Lever’s developer documentation describes four states for a posting.2 Only one reaches its public postings data. The Postings API documentation says “all job postings in the published state are publicly viewable” and “All other jobs are completely hidden from the jobs API.”1
| State | What Lever says | In the public postings data |
|---|---|---|
| Published | “published job postings are postings that appear on your public job site, internal job site, or both.”2 | Yes |
| Internal, called “unlisted” in the Lever app2 | These postings “will NOT appear on your public or internal job sites.” Even so, “anyone with the link to an internal posting can apply.”2 | No |
| Closed | “closed job postings are postings that will NOT appear on your public or internal job sites, likely because they are roles that you’ve already filled!”2 | No |
| Draft | “draft job postings are postings that you are still in the process of finalizing.”2 | No |
So when Lever’s data does not list a posting, the checker can say only that the employer’s system no longer lists it. A closed role, an unlisted posting and a draft all look the same from the outside, and that answer does not say which one you have.
If a recruiter sent you the link
An unlisted posting opens for anyone who has its link, so a recruiter’s link can work while the checker finds nothing.2 Ask the recruiter whether the role is open to applications.
The date Lever gives: created, not published
Lever’s documentation describes createdAt as “Datetime when posting was created in Lever” and updatedAt as “Datetime when posting was last updated.”2 The public postings data for Lever’s demo board, which we read on October 7, 2026, carries a createdAt field on each of its 10 postings.3 The checker shows createdAt as the posting date.
A created date is not always the day a job went public. Lever describes drafts as postings the employer is “still in the process of finalizing,” and once finalized they move to published,2 so a posting can be created before anyone can see it. Read the age as how long the posting has existed in Lever, which can be longer than it has been public. The age signal follows the rule on the main checker page: under six months, age on its own does not change the result, and past six months it is marked worth a second look.6
Lever’s global and EU instances
Lever runs two instances, and its documentation gives examples for “global (default) and EU.” Job sites are at jobs.lever.co and jobs.eu.lever.co, and the postings data is at api.lever.co and api.eu.lever.co.1 The checker reads both and uses the one named in the host of your link.
How to find the Lever link from LinkedIn or Indeed
- Use the company-site route from the job board. Signed out of LinkedIn, choose Apply and then “Apply on company website.”4 On Indeed, a job whose Apply button leaves Indeed is passed on to the employer’s hiring system: “Indeed will redirect you to the employer’s applicant tracking system (ATS).”5 For a Lever employer, that is the step that ends at jobs.lever.co.
- Look for jobs.lever.co or jobs.eu.lever.co in the address bar. The long string after the site name is the posting ID. If the address ends in /apply, you are on the application form, and you can paste it as it is.
- If you land on the employer’s own domain, the site may be built on Lever’s data. Lever’s documentation says an employer building its own site should “either send applicants to the jobs site hosted at your Lever-hosted job site” or build its own form,1 so try the Apply button and look at where it ends up.
- Paste the Lever address into the checker above. The checker reads Lever’s data, not LinkedIn or Indeed pages, so a board link will not work.
Checking a Lever job by hand
Open the employer’s site address, jobs.lever.co followed by the site name. It lists the postings Lever publishes for that employer.1 Look for the title, then compare the ID in the job’s address with the one in your link. A posting that is not there is not on the public list. Search the employer’s careers page for the same title as well, and remember that an unlisted posting does not appear on the Lever job site.2
Frequently asked questions
What is the long ID in a Lever link?
It is the posting’s ID, which Lever’s documentation lists as “Unique job posting ID.”1 It follows the site name in the address, and it is how the checker finds the one posting you pasted.
Why can I open a Lever job that is not on the employer’s job site?
It may be an internal posting, which Lever’s app calls unlisted. Such postings “will NOT appear on your public or internal job sites,” yet “anyone with the link to an internal posting can apply.”2 Ask whoever gave you the link whether the role is open.
Does a closed Lever posting still show on the employer’s job site?
Not on Lever’s own sites. Lever says closed postings “will NOT appear on your public or internal job sites.”2 Job boards can keep showing a posting “for a while after an employer takes it down,”6 so the employer’s Lever site is the better guide.
Which date does the checker show for a Lever job?
The created date. Lever describes createdAt as “Datetime when posting was created in Lever,”2 so it can be earlier than the day the job went public. It is a measure of the posting’s age in Lever, not proof of when hiring began.
Does the checker work on Lever’s EU job sites?
Yes. It reads links on jobs.lever.co and jobs.eu.lever.co, using Lever’s global or EU data to match the host in your link.1
Sources
- Lever. Lever Postings API (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.
- Lever. Lever API documentation: Postings (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.
- Lever. Lever’s demo board public postings data (example feed) (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.
- LinkedIn Help. Apply for jobs as a guest user (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.
- Indeed Help Center for Job Seekers. About Jobs on Indeed: What You Need to Know (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.
- LAYIQ. Ghost Job Checker (opens in a new tab). Accessed October 7, 2026.