2. Are you interviewing with any other companies?
Cooperation is essential and highly confidential, from both the client’s perspective and the recruiter’s. You have absolutely every right to deny sharing certain information with your current recruiter. They should only be interested in what the agency can provide for you. As far as they are concerned, you can be in cahoots with three other recruiters. Their job is just to do their job by finding you a job. Easy, right?
Apparently it isn’t, especially in the case of unprofessional recruiters. They will often be pushy or fake-polite as they ask about your cooperation with other agencies. If you share information at their request, you may hear rumors and negative opinions about that agency. This is an obvious sign of a recruiter who is not secure about their own skills or business.
Think about it. Why would any professional be concerned about his competitors? You should aim to work with people who care about bringing the best service to their customers. A true recruiter should motivate you and tell you about what they intend to do about your business situation.
Like with friends, associates should also be a positive influence on you. This is why you should immediately end an interview with recruiters who are overly nosy about personal information. You have no obligation to tell them your intentions with other companies. It’s not a crime to work with multiple agencies. It’s also not the recruiter’s job to be interested in that aspect.