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What is the right thing to do when midstream in a chain of interviews, set up over several non-consecutive days, when you know the job just isn't right for you? Conventional wisdom says one should be polite and tell the company you are not interested as soon as you're sure it is not a "good fit" (as recruiters are so fond of saying -- which is an interesting metaphor, that is, job being like a new clothing outfit).

To be on the safe side, one could stick through the process. You never know if the next person might reveal the hidden gem that makes the opportunity interesting and exciting.

Of courses, usually in these situations, one has several opportunities at different stages in the pipeline. Is it wrong to be sitting in one interview contemplating why this position is nowhere near as good as one that has not progressed as far, or should each position be weighed on its own merits, independent of others that may or may not pan out?