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Ask HN: Recruiting firm promising paycheck

1 points by perpetualcrayon ↗ HN
I'm not going to get into too many specifics here, but a recruiting firm put me through 2 technical interviews, located in a major metropolitan area, and later decided they were going to guarantee a paycheck even if we don't obtain a contract w/in 'X'# of weeks.

In return I'm expected to provide 100% exclusivity.

I've never come across this sort of thing. Is this common in big cities like NYC, SF, Chicago?

EDIT: I have not made a decision yet.

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gus_massa
It smell like a consulting company ...
perpetualcrayon
That's interesting. I hadn't thought of that.

So are you thinking they're affiliated w/ (or are in fact) a consulting firm recruiting as if they're a recruiting firm? In other words, they more than likely already know exactly which project I'll be working on?