1. A headhunter is helping me to find out a quant job in NY, and I'm going into the second round interview for the position. But at the same time, I myself is looking for a job in other firms, and got some progress. If I get offers from two places, and choose not to go to the one the headhunter has tried to put me in, is he going to be greatly upset and furious? He has been so nice to me, so I don't want to make him feel so bad, and build up a bad reputation. Of course, I know I have the right to choose whatever I really want.2. Another headhunter contacted me a couple of weeks ago through email , and asked me some questions regarding my preferences and so on. I replied him faithfully, and then he never replied back. Today, he suddely emailed me and asked my address (I just put my school address on my CV) without saying anything about job opportunity he can help. Well, I replied him with my address. But I'm now curious whether it's better anyway to keep in touch with him. He's been so different from the one in Q1.

the headhunter has tried to put me in, is he going to be greatly upset and furious?Not happy, but this is sadly often the case. He may try to put pressure on you to go for the job he got you.Not quite sure what the second HH is up to. Guess it's a slow time and he's getting round to cleaning up the records.

QuoteOriginally posted by: DCFCNot happy, but this is sadly often the case. He may try to put pressure on you to go for the job he got you.Oops! I'm getting enough pressure now. And another one? Oops!Thank you, DCFC.

you should go for the best job for you. your HH should never come into the slightest of consideration.your HH will tell you that his job is the shit, and that your other job is shit. that's the game.you really need to seek a *true* unbiased opinion about both jobs before making your choice.

Pick up the job you like better. Don't worry about the HH because either he will understand and you will be happy with his reaction, and so you will come back to him in the future and that is good for him. Or he just get pissed off, and then you don't care and you will avoid him in the future.

your HH will tell you that his job is the shit, and that your other job is shit. that's the game.Crap ones do, yes.Of course as a HH one knows a variety of thing about firms, and he may be telling the truth, you never know, one does hear stories...But as akimon says, it's a game. A decent pimp will know when to give up, and store a bit of goodwill for next time, or for when you are part of the new firm's hiring process.However, he has spent the effort to get you this far yet gets nothing for a good tryThus it may be worth seeing if the losing firm have the flexibility to give you want.To play this round of the game, you have to have got your mind clear about what the differences are, and whether they can be bridged. Obviously you can't make a midscale firm blge bracket, but money and rank often have flexibility.Don't forget the losing firm has put in effort as well, so they will be amenable to a last round. Unless you have some stunningly sexy skill they will hate the idea of a bidding war, but a straight busines proposition with yes/no will not piss them off. If the losing pimp is doing his job well he can help you draw up your case using his knowledge of the client to help you both get what you want.If you can articulate a winning bid, and commit to the pimp that this is what you will accept to get the loser's job, then you should do so.To work properly it should be clear cut and convincing. The HH will have to sell it to the client, and the manager @ the loser will have to sell it to his people. This is effort and risk for them, and they will not play ball if they think that they're going to wrestle higher grade and 20% more money and still have you turn them down. When I've hired and had to increase my bid, I've had to commit to my managment that I expect this to work, if I lack confidence, I'd just pass.