An in-person interview and home visit with the prospective adoptive parent(s).

The findings were based on in-person interviews last fall with people in about 2,600 households.

They compiled the material for the book through phone calls, e-mail conversations and in-person interviews.

There was also a visit to where the child lives and an in-person interview with the child's primary caregiver, usually the mother.

A phone screen has distinct advantages over a normal in-person interview.

By this point I've already decided if this person seems smart enough to score an in-person interview.

Still, even with the phone screen, probably only about one in three candidates makes it all the way through the in-person interview.

"I had to do two phone interviews and one in-person interview to land my current temp position," she said.

An applicant will also be required to submit to an in-person interview.

Try to line up in-person interviews when you can.