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 (Poona) in Aug 2025
Interview
Process included screening based on coding round followed by L1 interview focussed on technical concepts and problem solving around Selenium, Java, RestAssured . The overall process was structured, timely, and professionally handled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Fluent wait syntax.
2. How to handle dropdown
3.Syntax for sending POST request using RestAssured.
4. Java code to sort array {1,2,5,0,-2,-1,0,-1} to {1,2,5,-2,0,0,-1,-1}
5. How to run test in sequence in TestNG.
6. Extent report customisation.
7. 202 status code
8. What all things can be checked from QA perspective if API is returning 502
9. Background vs @Before in cucumber.
10. How to estimate story and how to handle if you feel it will be spilled.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Purchase, NY) in Nov 2021
Interview
Very streamlined and easy going interview process. Only two interviews and then straight into the hiring cycle and phase. Would highly recommend working here as the teams are more like families and everyone helps one another
I applied online. I interviewed at Mastercard (Chicago, IL) in May 2025
Interview
I made it all the way to the final round. The hiring process consisted of 4 steps: Recruiter screen, team member interview, panel interview, hiring manager interview. The recruiter also sent information on how to interview well at Mastercard.