[davidjeet]

Had that exact question given to me before, but it was in the form of a closed book "pre-screening" written test.

I simply put down my pen, walked out of the room and told the recruiter if this company was hiring based on these type of questions I would be a terrible fit :)

[twistedpair]

They were likely hiring to fill a PHP dev roll writing CRUD web forms too, right?

I've been places with tough interviews and incompetent developers and the opposite as well. One does not necessarily correlate with the other.