[aarongeisler]

From my experience (on the hiring side), the good recruiters were autonomous and sourced qualified people. Bad recruiters wasted my team's time and brought and endless stream of unqualified candidates. It seemed like the good ones were 1 in 5.

[scarface74]

If you are actually "bringing in" unqualified candidates and interrupting your team by asking them to interview people who are not at all qualified, that is your fault, not the recruiters.

A 30-45 minute phone screen that you do one on one could quickly filter out those who don't meet the minimum bar for the job.

I went to one interview three years ago without a phone screen, a phone screen would have been better for both sides. After 20 minutes in the on site interview, I couldn't even feign interest anymore. I just went through the process after the first 20 minutes so the recruiter -- that I had worked with off and on for years -- wouldn't look bad.

I said I would never waste my time going to an in person interview without a phone screen.