Absolutely true. 3rd party recruiting agencies have very different motives than an in-house HR department recruitment. An easy tell-tale sign is that they with

Absolutely true. 3rd party recruiting agencies have very different motives than an in-house HR department recruitment. An easy tell-tale sign is that they withhold the name of the company until they get you on the phone. They have a contract saying once you're in direct contact with the recruiter, you are in their pipeline and they get rights to bill a portion of your contract. 3rd party agencies are incentivized to get you the most amount of money they can, so they can skim off the top. They are highly motivated to move you through and get you signed as quickly as possible, qualified or not. In house recruiting doesn't have this constant need to move candidates, and will be fast or slow depending on the needs within the company.