I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Mastercard in Sep 2017
Interview
I took the on campus interview this week. The interview itself was not difficult, but the interviewer was scary. From the very beginning when I was introducing myself, he seems disagreed with me. And when I was answering the interview questions, he was not smiling at all, playing his phone for some time and read emails for the other time. That made me nervous and failed to come up a solution for the final question. At last when I was asking questions, his answers were short and simple and it was embarrassing. And he ended the interview 10 minutes earlier.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some questions about load balancer algorithm design. Quite simple.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Mastercard (Vadodara)
Interview
Very Quick Interview process, comprises of 2-3 round
1. Technical discussion Round 1
2. Technical discussion Round 2
3. Managerial discussion
if you clear round 2 then the managerial discussion is mostly a formality
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Java Questions - If you have good with basics and you are done
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mastercard (Dublin, Dublin) in Jul 2017
Interview
I was contacted on Linkedin from a Mastercard recruiter, I sent my CV and was invited to take part in a technical challenge which I was given 2 hours to build a web application and submit the code.
I was later contacted to say that they were happy with my solution and invited me for a face to face with 2 people from the team. They asked a set list of technical questions and did a small whiteboard task, overall they were very friendly and easy to talk through issues with. Some non technical questions about the processes / teams I've worked on, how I go about solving issues etc.
I was then invited back for a HR interview which lasted less than half an hour and more of a chat really, asked some generic questions and then asked about salary expectations, notice period etc. Received my offer the next day.
Every single person I have met during the process has been really friendly and approachable.