On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Matthew Palmer <[email protected]> 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 ................ [email protected] [email protected] 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
