I made a mistake years back in not taking a job that was offered to me. The company itself was a small place, 5 people, I would have been the first hire outside of the original crew that founded the place. The job was presented through a recruiter that lied their asses off and drove me away. The company tried to offer me the job without the recruiter, but I just didn't feel good about it at that point. They're doing well, expanding, and I'd be making a lot more than I am now had I taken it. I found out later that the recruiter had initially called company because recruiter was looking for another person to fill a sales job, and owner of company was sales as well as founder. Founder had never hired, and decided to retain recruiter - when we spoke a year later he called them used car salesmen and all kind of other names. C'est la vie, I guess. I apologized to the person and we're still on good terms on LinkedIn.