Interview advice

[daufoi]

Hi all,

I had an interview this past Monday. I really liked the position and the company but it is a 6 month contract. They wanted to hire someone right away. I am working with a temp agency and before the interview the temp agency was telling me that they were holding off on interviewing other candidates until they talked to me.

I asked the company to give me until the end of the week to make a decision because I already had another interview on Wednesday and since they asked, I told them it was a permanent position. However, I did not like the second company or position so on Wednesday I called them back and expressed interest in the first position. They said they have an interview that day and will let me know. I also noticed that they posted the position on a job search engine on that Monday (day of the interview).

It's Friday now and the person I am working with at the temp agency doesn't respond to my email or phone calls. She does this when she doesn't have any open positions for me but it's rush, rush when she had this contract position. Anyway, it seems like they've gone cold. Was it a bad idea to tell them that I was interviewing? I didn't feel like I was asking for too much time. I even thought that if I did interview and still expressed interest in that position it would be a good thing. Selecting a 6 month contract position over a permanent position says something really good about the company. And at the same time I didn't want to be dishonest about it. What do you guys think?