I guess their point is "why don't you go ahead and learn django in 2 weeks, sacrifice a few weekends and nights so you can blow away the easy pitches we're toss

I guess their point is "why don't you go ahead and learn django in 2 weeks, sacrifice a few weekends and nights so you can blow away the easy pitches we're tossing at you during the interview". Pick a web framework and learn it and then you at least have a basis for your claims.