[bluejekyll]

Sure you can refuse. By doing so you are basically saying that you don't want job, their loss, is your gain in happiness. And it feels so good to do it.

I remember interviewing somewhere, a Windows shop turned out, and while I had one COM project on my resume, I knew I didn't want to work there the minute I walked in the door. During the first interview I was asked if I wanted to work in Windows, I said no, they were surprised at my candor (b/c the obvious answer to get the job would have been "yes"). We used the rest of the interview to talk about general industry stuff and parted ways happily (needless to say, I never got a job offer there).