Boolean Basics
Useful Tips & Tricks
QUICK BOOLEAN CHEAT SHEET
1. Use “AND” to narrow down your search to those who meet ALL of your
specifications and reduce your number of hits (e.g. Developer AND Java)!
2. Use “OR” to expand your search to include similar, related phrases and
increase your number of hits (e.g. HTML OR CSS OR Javascript OR Ruby OR
Java OR “C#” OR “C++” OR Python OR PHP)!
3. Use “ - ” (the subtract symbol) to eliminate certain terms from your search
(i.e., in the position filter, you can type Account AND Executive -CEO -
Director -VP -”Vice President” -founder)!
Alternatively, some folks find it easier to use “NOT” instead of the subtract
symbol.!
4. Use quotation marks (“ ”) to search for words and phrases exactly as they
appear (i.e. “data scientist”) so that you’re getting the specific role
NOTE: For any of these, make sure that all parenthesis are closed and no terms
contradict each other. For example, doing a search with (senior NOT senior) in
the position filter will return a 500 error. !
Looking for a more experienced candidate?
Add this string into the Position filter:
POSITION FILTER: senior OR sr OR lead OR Head OR principal NOT manager
NOT director NOT VP NOT "Vice President"
Looking for a more junior candidate?
Add in this string to the Position filter:
POSITION FILTER: NOT CTO NOT "Vice President" NOT "president" NOT
manager NOT VP NOT director NOT owner NOT head NOT Chief NOT senior
NOT lead NOT sr NOT founder NOT founding
Want to filter out candidates from your own company?
Type this into the Company filter:
COMPANY FILTER: NOT (name of your company)
Popular Searches
UI/UX Designer
SEARCH: (CSS AND HTML AND javascript) AND (frontend OR "front end" OR
"front-end")
POSITION FILTER (current only): (UI OR UX OR design OR "user interface" OR
"user experience") NOT (manager OR lead OR head OR principal) NOT director
NOT VP NOT "Vice President" NOT senior NOT sr
General Recruiter
SEARCH: recruiter OR recruiting OR talent NOT director NOT manager NOT
senior NOT sr!
Important: under Exclusions, make sure you haven’t checked the filter for
“exclude recruiters”
Sales Manager
SEARCH: Sales OR (sales manager OR “sales mgr”)
POSITION FILTER (current only): (senior OR sr) OR manager OR executive OR
lead OR head OR principal NOT “Vice President" NOT "president" NOT VP NOT
founder NOT founding NOT “sales engineer”
Looking for a programmer/software engineer that isn’t senior staff?
POSITION FILTER: engineer OR developer OR architect NOT CTO NOT "Vice
President" NOT "president" NOT manager NOT VP NOT director NOT owner
NOT head NOT Chief NOT senior NOT lead NOT sr
Looking for senior programmers/software engineers?
POSITION FILTER: (senior OR sr) AND (developer OR architect OR engineer)
NOT CTO NOT "Vice President" NOT president NOT manager NOT VP NOT
director NOT owner NOT head NOT Chief NOT lead
Software Engineer
SEARCH: (java OR ruby) AND (Dropwizard OR RabbitMQ OR Rabbit OR Redis
OR MySQL OR MongoDB)
POSITION FILTER: engineer OR developer OR programmer OR software OR
MTS OR "member of technical staff"