> Say you have 20 applications at once? Yes, a filter should happen first. A 30/60 minute phone screen to determine who to bring in for the full interview set.

> Say you have 20 applications at once? Yes, a filter should happen first. A 30/60 minute phone screen to determine who to bring in for the full interview set. Then, what companies did back in the 90s was to take a day (say Friday) and blitz through interviews that day. (Do companies still do this?) You will pull people from their normal work to do this, but conversely you don't lose applicants because your process leaves them hanging too long.