What’s your pre-date screening approach?

One of the last posts about women not screening their dates enough made me do some self-reflection. Beyond the initial profile screening that I do (decent / clear pics, wrote thoughtfully and intelligibly, and other things they can include in their profile - height, education, have/want kids, etc) and a few back and forth messages… I realized that I don’t have a true pre first date screening process.

Once someone’s made it past my initial profile screens and can hold a decent back and forth convo via text I’m usually open to meet in person. Now I’m curious what other additional screening others are doing. I like the idea of having a phone chat and decided to start incorporating that now too.

I don’t go on a ton of dates as it is from online dating because I’m pretty discerning to begin with but I’m looking if I should optimize even more.