One of the problems with having the personality of an experimental physicist is that one gets irrational pleasure out of testing the very, very obvious. You kno

One of the problems with having the personality of an experimental physicist is that one gets irrational pleasure out of testing the very, very obvious. You know the theorists are probably right, you know the published data is probably right, but who can resist the experiment? Seeing is believing! Taking a cold-call from a recruiter is on the list of "things I have tried in the whimsical spirit of experimentation". It did not go well. Fortunately, I was ready for that. Expecting it, even. My one quibble is that perhaps you shouldn't judge a company too harshly if a poor recruiter claims to represent them. Companies are often desperate to hire, efficient recruiting is not a skill that everyone is blessed with, so they sometimes take fliers on bad recruiters as well. More importantly, one simply cannot trust a strange recruiter to honestly represent their relationship with a company.