As a rule, I typically don't deal with 3rd party recruiters. But, I was laid off 4 months ago now, and the pay for this was reasonably close to what was making before.

I'm on my 3rd interview with their client. Twice now they have pushed me to have an interview the same day. Both times I have said no, the recruiter (I think he is a junior recruiter) has called back within 2-3 minutes to ask if there was anything I could do to to make the time and that the client was 'Wanted to get the process moving'

First time I brushed it off, however, after my 2nd interview with their client this morning ( a 9 AM Interview) they called and wanted me to hop on at 4 PM for another interview. I told the recruiter no, and he called me back on a conference call with his manager and they kept pushing me to interview today. Even when i told them the reason (My wife has a doctors appointment and I am watching my kids) they went as far as to ask if I could get someone to watch the kids so I can go to the interview. I remained firm and offered basically open availability for tomorrow and early next week.

They also have pushed this very hard "After the 3rd interview, if they want to bring you on, can you commit to same day acceptance". My response is, essentially, "it depends". They have pushed this multiple times.

The client (when I have spoken to them) is actually really nice and I am strongly considering the role if I get it offered. However, the recruiters have been just terrible and pushy.

It feels like there is some deadline they are trying to reach by tomorrow. The call backs pushing me to interview more and more have come almost immediately after I have said no to their proposed times, that I think its highly unlikely they had time to talk to their client. The excuse is that the person doing the interview is fully booked and can't interview the next day, etc.

Any red flags for this false sense of urgency by the recruiter?

The role itself is legit, the company is a large one, no reason to think its scam at all, but their pushy-ness is setting off red flags for me. Anyone experienced something similar?