There's a new service called InterviewUp that's a ripoff of Yahoo Answers, focused specifically on job interview questions. I used to do technical interviews, and this thing would be a real pain in my assholes if it weren't such a laughable failure.

Normally, I'd have a set of 10 or so standard technical questions that I would ask, only getting through 2 or 3 in a typical interview. If my questions get out on the internet, then I've got to get off my lazy ass and think of new questions - not something I'm particularly willing to do.

I'm A PHP & MySQL Expert

Fortunately, at least for the time being, serious technical interviewers have nothing to worry about for InterviewUp. The vast majority of the technical questions are worthless.

They've got tagging and voting and all that shit, so let's see how well it all comes through. I wonder if any of my old Google interview questions are on there, or for that matter, any questions that my former colleagues used:

Yeah, I want to hire someone that I have to ask this question to.

There are some other real gems in there, like "Does Ajax work with Java?" and "How do you execute a PHP script on the command line?" and finally, "What is the FORM tag in PHP?" (yes, really).

If That's Not Enough, Check Out The URL Structure

My Lord, what is this, amateur hour? Have a look at the URLs that separate the interview questions by concept:

http://www.interviewup.com/search/all/ajax.aspx

http://www.interviewup.com/search/all/oracle.aspx

http://www.interviewup.com/search/all/java.aspx

http://www.interviewup.com/search/all/php.aspx

And for an actual question:

http://www.interviewup.com/view/How-To-Create-a-Table-php.aspx

What do you guys think: failed REST or sleazy SEO attempt? I can't decide.

Let's Go Down The List

Alright, time for the formal grading.

• Ripoff of an existing service...check.
• Shitty user-generated content...check.
• Horrific sins against programming...check.
• Somehow got a plug on TechCrunch...check.

Yeah, it's certifiable Web 2.0. Oh, right. It's also monetized by AdSense. Go go gadget business plan.

Quick Update: Thanks to reader Dave for this: enter a question mark in the search box and you're greeted with a shiny new 400 Bad Request error. Nice.