I've done a lot of interviewing and do hit a lot of these but it's kind of the unfortunate 'state of the art' for figuring out whether to hire someone. For ex

I've done a lot of interviewing and do hit a lot of these but it's kind of the unfortunate 'state of the art' for figuring out whether to hire someone. For example, phone screens are often less than a hour (because most applying to us are likely already working somewhere else) but we need as much data as possible. They're done from a script because we want a consistent metric to iterate on and it's really important we get a good read because on-site interviews are incredibly expensive, especially for a smaller company. It'd be great to just call up and chat about personal projects or whatever but it's just too inconsistent and subjective.