A recruiter reached out to me and set up a technical phone screening. That screening went well, and I received a second phone screening.

For the second one, however, I couldn't understand my interviewer's accent. I tried asking him to repeat himself many times, but it didn't help. In the end, I performed poorly because I simply had no idea what he was asking of me. There were times that I wasn't even sure if he was talking about the code he wanted me to write or about my resume.

Additionally, he asked me for qualifications that, if he'd read my resume, it would have been clear that was not my area of expertise. I'm mostly qualified for OO-programming at a high level, and he was asking me about computer architecture.

I emailed my recruiter right after the second interview, explaining my situation politely. A week later, she called to tell me they rejected me. When I asked if she'd gotten my email, she seemed confused, and I'm not entirely sure she paid it much mind.

I'm not saying I deserved to get the job, but I certainly didn't deserve to be ruled out because I couldn't understand my interviewer's accent.

Did I take Computer Architecture in college?