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. I interviewed at Mastercard (Poona) in Sep 2025
Interview
I got naukri nVite and applied through naukri. The process took 2-3 weeks, I got call from HR and first round can be screening test or screening interview through third party interview firm depending on role.
I did attended 2 rounds of interviews and then HR called me for compensation and joining discussion.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write java code for creating and printing Singly LinkedList without using inbuilt java collection framework.
HTTP methods in API and difference between PUT, PATCH, POST.
Difference between Filters and Interceptors.
Design a book library API, and then scalability.
Idepotency in APIs.
Microservices design patterns.
Popular source code design patterns.
HTTP methods in API and difference between PUT, PATCH, POST.
Difference between Filters and Interceptors.
Design a book library API, and then scalability.
Idepotency in APIs.
Microservices design patterns.
Popular source code design patterns.
Second highest salary of employee in sql
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Poona) in Jul 2025
Interview
Interview questions were average and I succeeded in all the rounds , they kept my application on hold for few weeks and then rejected , gods knows why ! Really pissed off on them since my interviews went really great.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were 4 rounds of interview
1. Technical coding and project based rounds(mainly arround performance bottlenecks and C/C++)
2. Managerial round
3. Director round focused on cultural fit and day today developer roles and challenges
4. Bar raiser : coding questions on there platform and theoretical question on tech stack and projects
I went through two rounds of interviews for a role at Mastercard. The conversations themselves were professional and straightforward, and I appreciated the chance to connect with the interviewers. However, after the second round, there was very little communication or follow-up, which left the process feeling somewhat unclear. Overall, the interviews were fine, but I would have liked more transparency and updates about next steps
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you prioritize backlog items when stakeholders have competing needs?