yes, even on larger agencies, you can find shitty recruiters that think their work is to move meat around.

once a recruiter made me run trough 5 interviews. I had a full time job at a time, with a decent pay, and explicitly stated my requested salary upfront. after the whole charade, which burned a significant amount of my vacation days since I was working at another city at the moment, they just came out and said the budget for the position was less than the asking price, but feel convinced it would have been a great opportunity for me.

goddamn scum.

oh, and the "opportunity" went into bankruptcy forced liquidation two years later.