Knowing a cursory difference between a statically and dynamically typed language in this day in age is not an unreasonable requirement for many developer positi

Knowing a cursory difference between a statically and dynamically typed language in this day in age is not an unreasonable requirement for many developer positions, especially web development where you're often using a mix of languages. As always, this sort of question is a test of competence by proxy and there are usually outliers, but statistically speaking, I think you'll find a very high correlation between inept programmers and people who don't know the difference.