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I was looking for a book about hiring and behavioural interviews and this
mostly fit the bill.
It goes into the different stages of hiring: preparation, screening, interviews,
deciding & offering and on-boarding.
I liked the focus on looking for reasons to say "no" through the whole
process.
I would have liked to have more about behavioural interviews, but the section
was at least a good introduction.
The suggested whole interview process with every interviewer repeating the same
questions seems a bit tedious. I am sure the results are great. I wonder what
effect this has on the interviewees.
In general the book assumes a buyers market with the attitude towards the
applicants only switching in the offer phase.
The on-boarding section is short and punchy. This comes across as a bit of an
afterthought.

This is not a good book.
It is a fun book though.
It is full of wisdom about life and strong opinion for every approach and the opposite approach.
It is pointless to quote it, but that won't stop me.

I just finished the book and I didn't like it as much as I should have. I can't put my finger on it, it might just be the writing style.
Even all the references to the environment or general leftism didn't help!
The chapters I enjoyed most were the zoo and the last two chapters. I guess they were the most practical ones.