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 in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Mastercard (Poona) in Aug 2025
Interview
There were 4 rounds of process:
Round 1: Online Assessment test which was conducted on hirepro of 1.5hr. @ coding question were given. Those who have solved 2 question or 1 question + 12/15 testcases of other question were selected for interview process. Total 40 students has been selected from 200. Only CS/IT branch was allowed.
Round 2(Duration: 40-45min): Technical Interview: Have some discussion on vector and array with respect to DSA question. Then he moved to ACID properties of dbms, then transaction discussion in detail regarding all states, roll back, commit and saved point. Then he has seen my resume. He asked some questions about my project like why i made these projects and why i am using mongodb not sql and vice versa. Difference between relational and non-relation databases. Detailed discussion on jwt token , structure of it. Is it safe or not? how does it store information. How does it transfer information?
Round 3(Duration: 30mins): Some basic questions regarding system design. what is horizontal and vertical scaling . When do we use what and why? Then wholesome discussion on my projects.
Round 4(HR Round): Some basic puzzles and questions like where do u see yourself in next 5 years. If there is conflict in team, then how do u handle it?
Total 4 students are selected out of 40
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One simple DSA question of coverting all the even index position into uppercase letter of string in constant space without using any java api.
Easy, only 2 interviews. One case study was easy and behavioural just wanted to check you could talk well. Before that it was just an online interview. Team was really nice and there was good banter and good conversation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What programs have you used for project management.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Sydney) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview process was fairly relaxed and conversational. The interviewer mainly focused on behavioural questions and asked for more detailed insights into my resume and prior experiences. There was no case study involved, and the entire process took place online.