I was once sent to interview (by a recruiter I've had who's placed me at a couple of great positions in the past) at a company for a web development position us

I was once sent to interview (by a recruiter I've had who's placed me at a couple of great positions in the past) at a company for a web development position using php. The interview lasted for a couple of hours. They had 3 or 4 of their developers in the interview as well as the hiring manager. At no point did anyone ask any questions about software development - of any kind. It was really bizarre. After the interview I told my recruiter that the interview went well - other than not being asked any software development questions. He found that odd, but got back in touch with them. They basically told him that the position was no longer available and wouldn't give him any more information. A very weird dead end. I would've like to have worked for the company (the web development was for their customer facing sites - they are a retail chain basically, and I have shopped at them in the past), but I think I dodged something there in the end.