[d4mi3n]

This guide has aged surprisingly well, but I’d add to this: the above response is about as good as you can get—it is firm, non-combative, and moves the conversation forward.

Don’t antagonize your recruiter. You want them to advocate _for you_ when a prospective employer is drafting an offer. Work with them to give them the ammo they need to make that happen.

[Pooge]

Would you say I was antagonizing him with my response? Because he was an in-house recruiter (and not a headhunter) and I got along with him pretty well.

[randomtoast]

Reads like an LLM response.