I've found that aggressively filtering resumes does a better job than a phone screen. E.g. the presence of "Three years at Microsoft as an SDE" or "Avid reader

I've found that aggressively filtering resumes does a better job than a phone screen. E.g. the presence of "Three years at Microsoft as an SDE" or "Avid reader of Joel On Software and Coding Horror" give you better people than just those who know what a pointer is.