[josho]

A good manager isn’t looking for polished answers in a phone screen. Rather it exists to validate that it is worth my and your time to meet in person.

Eg. I’ll provide more context on my needs as the hiring manager (often the recruiter explains the role poorly). Then I’ll ask a few questions related to the role that are pretty basic to validate your background isn’t BS.

So if you get screened out here despite nailing the questions then the manager is hiring on the wrong criteria (likability?) and you probably don’t want to work for them anyway.