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).
The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Mastercard
Interview
Interview was good. Asked many architectural based questions. It did not have any regular/historic android interview question. It was all about security level, in depth knowledge about android components, encryption, new architectures introduced. Java questions were also of good level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encryption type, atomicinteger, executors, clean architecture, etc.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mastercard (New York, NY) in Oct 2017
Interview
On campus interview a very quantitative and interesting case for 30 mins. It was almost computer program-like like you need to solve a software-type problem, but no actual programming required. This was followed by a 15 minute behavioral portion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe to me a complex math class you've taken and pretend I'm a 5 year old.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mastercard in Jun 2017
Interview
The hiring process was very disorganized and reflected on the nascent MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth in my eyes. I applied for the Manager position at the Center for Inclusive Growth early in the year and the talent acquisition team member contacted me in the summer for a screening interview. The Center seems to lack vision and direction as they suddenly wanted to talk about microfinance as innovative (in 2017?!) even though neither their page or the job post mentioned microfinance as a key function of the Center. Additionally, given the issues with microfinance as being anything but inclusive, it was surprising to me that they'd devote so much time to it rather than impact investing or more modern forms of financial inclusion. The process took 5 interviews over the course of 3 months and they even asked me to put together a presentation. One person canceled or changed the interview time on me 4X- once while I was sitting in the lobby! Although I was responsive to all their changes and confusion, they didn't respond when I asked them for feedback about why I didn't get the job at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of innovative program would you launch in the first 90 days?