Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Mastercard as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Director and Business Development rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Director and Business Development roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Mastercard takes an average of 63 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Director had the quickest hiring process (on average 63 days), whereas Director roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 63 days).
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Guayaquil) in May 2018
Interview
Duration: 8 weeks
Interviews: 6
Pro: You get the chance to meet great professionals from some subsidiaries.
Con: Not all the professionals behave like that. You need to do constant follow up to HR.
Feedback: None
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why did you apply?
- How could you support the company growth?
- How your previous experience could support the present position?
- What do you know about the company? (some want to know very deep info here in #s)
- Banking model
- Current company strategies
- Describe yourself
- Which is/was your pricing strategy? (pay attention to confidential agreements and those who are not professional on their questions)
- Some personal questions (incl. availability to relocate, status, boyfriend, kids)
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Mastercard (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2018
Interview
Interviews themselves seemed very straight forward and positive, but there was no way of sensing if they went well from Mastercard perspective. Process was extremely long and I was mislead through-out of the deadlines to hear back, only to get another interview three weeks later... I don't mind that the process is long, but I don't appreciate getting misleading information. Of course I got an offer from a different company weeks before I got any feedback from Mastercard even though I applied much later for that role. So don't put anything else on hold if you're waiting to hear back from Mastercard, because it could be next year.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe one thing that would make you leave or not take the job,
What are you reading to be up to date in the industry,
What motivates you to do your job,
How would you manage difficult clients,
How would you manage with workload you can't handle,
What's the most interesting experience you had in the past,
How would your previous employers rate you,
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mastercard (Frankfurt am Main) in Feb 2018
Interview
Nach dem telefonischen Screening Interview wurde ich zu Einzelgesprächen eingeladen, welche am Tag X innerhalb von 2h aufeinanderfolgend ablaufen. Das Interview in Frankfurt bestand aus zwei 60-minütigen Einzelgesprächen. Das erste Gespräch war mit einer Person auf Associate-Level und das zweite Gespräch war mit dem Director (DE&CH).
Der erste Gesprächspartner/ Die erste Gesprächspartnerin kam mir sehr unnatürlich vor und die Fragen waren teilweise etwas merkwürdig, teilweise wiedersinnig. Das zweite Gespräch war lockerer und der Gesprächspartner war eloquent, hat sehr gute Fragen gestellt und auch ausgiebig informiert. Beide Gesprächspartner haben relativ simple Use-Cases vorgestellt, welche man ad-hoc lösen musste.
Das Gespräch war sehr professionell und informativ. Jedoch war die Atmosphäre eher unnatürlich kalt und ein wenig steif. (Gesprächspartner(in) 1 setzte in den ersten 10 Minuten ein falsches Lachen auf, was sehr verstörend wirkte, wobei sich dies im Gespräch dann etwas lockerte.)
Zur Interviewstruktur:
- Vorstellung
- Besprechung des CV
- Strukturierte Fragen zu div. Situationen
- Use Case
- Allgemeine Fragen
Dieser Ablauf wurde in jedem Einzelgespräch durchgeführt. Danach kontaktierte man mich telefonisch.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Wie reagieren Sie, wenn der Kunde kurz vor Abgabetermin nochmals eine grössere Strategieänderung vorschlägt?