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 through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mastercard (Londen, Engeland) in Nov 2016
Interview
First round interview consisted of two 30 minute back-to-back case-style interviews. Both with consultants at Applied Predictive Technologies. There was no need to do mathematical tests. The interview has about 5 minutes of fit/competency questions, followed by 25 minutes of case interview. Cases were challenging but it was important to not get flustered as that is the sort of thing they are looking for. Given that they are quite small they will always check your motivations to apply for them as opposed to a more famous consultancy. Be prepared to answer why APT.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Washington, DC) in Nov 2016
Interview
Applied online through my university portal—APT recruits at my school. First round interview was about 40 minutes, including a 25 minute case. Was notified via email that I was invited to DC for a second round interview, and interviewed along with some of my classmates in the Arlington office. Overall very positive experience, and APT really tries to get you to get to know the company through the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What brings you to consulting given your background?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Mastercard (Cambridge, East of England, England) in Nov 2016
Interview
First round on campus. 2 30-min back-to-back case. Some CV-chat. In total 1h or so. After nearly a whole week I was told I didn't get into the final round.
One day before the interview candidates were invited for drinks and food with the interviewers.
No feedback was given so it's very disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First case was about comparing ABC three locations for building up a new cinema; some market sizing question.
Second case was a market entry question (us football team getting into London), calculating profitability.
Fit questions include: leadership; difficulty time; and creativity