Lynk (VA) interview questions

The interview panel consisted of three people, one of whom was responsible for the software engineering portion. Unfortunately, this part of the interview was problematic. The interviewer spoke with a very strong accent and was sitting far from the microphone, which made it difficult to hear him clearly. More importantly, he struggled to communicate his questions in a clear and structured way. He attempted to ask a question related to polymorphism in file parsing for handling different file formats. However, he kept adding additional requirements and changing direction mid-explanation, which made the question confusing and hard to follow. I repeatedly asked for clarification on the intended design, but instead of clarifying, he continued speaking in a way that was difficult to understand due to both the delivery and the accent. To make matters worse, he appeared to assume that I did not know the answer and began directing me through additional coding steps, which further increased the confusion and made the problem even harder to follow. Overall, I am quite lost in understanding the intended design. Despite this, I performed well on the other questions. However, shortly after the interview, I was informed that they decided not to move forward, citing a lack of object-oriented programming knowledge. This conclusion does not align with my 15+ years of experience in C++ and telecommunications, nor with my performance on the rest of the interview.