On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org> wrote:
* If you're going to have to carefully examine each candidate's answers *anyway*, why not just get on the phone screen with them in the first place, and get HR out of the picture? At least that way you're not wasting money paying for HR people, and you can do a far more in-depth interview because you're there, in real-time, to ask follow-up questions.
I don't know about you but my brain doesn't switch on a dime. I have to *prepare* to conduct a phone interview. And afterward I have to spool back up on whatever task I was working on. If a screening question can cut many candidates who I'll know in 5 minutes aren't the one, that saves me a lot more time than just the 5 minutes on the phone. Plus, frankly, I don't enjoy conducting interviews. It's necessary but I find it stressful. Where I can avoid it with minimal risk of missing the individual I actually want to hire, that makes me happy. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004