[watwut]

> reminders of things to avoid for legal reasons

I would see this as "routine administration". It is useful thing.

> with suggested lines of questioning for soft-skills, a framework for the decision process

Our HR quite sux in these. They also consistently attempt to match people on positions that don't suit them - both by personality (the persons personality not matching job) and by technical knowledge/background. So their input is not trusted and managers doing hiring consistently complain about it or simply ignore them.