[chimeracoder]

> I was given the offer on Friday and he needed an answer on Monday, else he was going to extend the offer to other candidates.

This is known as an "exploding offer". In fact, Joel Spolsky (founder of Fog Creek, the company featured in this article) has a great post on this practice[0] (spoiler: he's against it).

[0]http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/11/26.html

[crazypyro]

Thanks for the link. I was tempted to make a post asking for advice before my search back in January or so, but I decided not to. It would've been nice to have some strategies against this kind of offer, but the nice thing was the company was my first choice, so it didn't end up being a huge deal.