There were four rounds in total, all focused on basics, data structures, and algorithms. I cleared each round but was unfortunately rejected at the very end despite consistent performance.So yes be prepared with everything.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2024
Interview
Was sent a teams meeting link with a couple other applicants that made us solve 3 different problmes, this lasted around 45 minutes after which there was a 30 minute interview asking simple questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code a solution to moving clock handles and get the degrees that the hands on the clock have moved after certain times.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Mastercard (Poona) in Aug 2025
Interview
It was a in campus drive, first google form submission then shortlisted for OA based on the criteria and branch of Engineering.
Then OA has 2 Coding questions only , 1 Hour Time ,level of both the questions is between easy and medium.
then shortlisted passed for the 1st technical interview then for 2nd tech interview, at last HR interview with general talk.
In technical interview ask about
1. DSA medium
2. Projects
3. internship
4. Core (DBMS, OOPS, OS,CN)
5. MySql Query
6. About java and its fundamentals bcoz MasterCard mainly works on Java tech stack.