Phone Screen
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
An early-stage interview, traditionally by phone and now often by video, used to assess basic fit, communication, and sometimes technical baseline before more intensive interviews. It functions as a filter stage in many hiring pipelines.
In plain English: An initial interview used to decide whether a candidate should move forward.
Example: "The recruiter phone screen was easy, but the technical screen was where the process really started."