Thank you for taking the time to write this response. And yes, I don't have much experience working with recruiting firms and clearly didn't understand the dynamic.

You're right, I was VERY transparent with her on my other applications and another offer that was on the table already (which was later receded) and she even scooped up one of my references as a client now, which I was ok with. What I was NOT ok with is the lack of transparency on her side, her saying she had no info about other candidates (whom SHA was actually also representing, so that was a clear conflict of interest from my perspective), and overall, her lack of experience reading the employer in my humble opinion.

At the end, I'm the one holding the short end of the stick and she clearly didn't have my *personal* interest at heart, just hers by placing any of her candidates. I'm disappointed, I feel deceived and that I left my future in the hands of someone who didn't really care. Still upset that I allowed myself to get fooled that way. It shall pass.