Lever webhooks

Candidate stage changes, hires, archives, interviews and application creation.

Events

candidateStageChange
candidateHired
candidateArchiveChange
interviewCreated

Signature

The body has a token and a triggeredAt field. Signature is HMAC-SHA256 of '<token><triggeredAt>' with the webhook signature token, hex encoded, and arrives in the body's signature field.

Retries

Lever retries with backoff for a limited time.

See a retry schedule in the calculator.

Docs

hire.lever.co/developer/documentation#webhooks

Checked 2026-10-08. Report a change.

Sample request from Leverillustrative, shortened

Content-Typeapplication/json

{
  "id": "7b2a…",
  "event": "candidateStageChange",
  "triggeredAt": 1759924800000,
  "token": "e2d8f0a1b3c4…",
  "signature": "9a3f…c7d0",
  "data": {
    "opportunityId": "250d8f03-738a-4bba-a671-8a3d73477145",
    "toStageId": "offer",
    "fromStageId": "onsite"
  }
}

Receive Lever webhooks with webhooks.xyz

Create a bin. Paste its URL into Lever. Each request shows at once with its headers and body. Add your server as a destination, and deliveries retry when it is down. Request an invite.

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