Please go to http://www.strategicsearch.com/technical-recruiting-tips/ and click on 11th (below) to view his month’s technical recruiting tip, which is phone screen first.
The key is you can gain a lot of information from a properly structured phone interview. This can save you a lot of time and money in the interview process. For example, it can prevent you from spending thousands to fly the wrong person in. Furthermore, it can save the precious hours of your executive’s time to interview this erroneous job candidate. So remember to phone screen first!