Headhunter asking for firm preference?

1st year analyst here. Had a couple of HH meetings this week and one of them asked me to rank the firms I am interested in an email. Does ranking them diminish my chances of getting multiple interviews? Also, what do you say when they ask you what other firms you are looking at besides their clients?

 

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