I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mastercard in Dec 2025
Interview
Got reached out by one of the recruiter from Mastercard, she said we need to fill this position asap and if i can appear for interview i asked her to schedule my interview after a weak she said we need this urgent and if you give interview early there are good chances we would be able to close this position asap, she asked me to schedule interview next day first round and if i clear that she would schedule 3 interviews back to back next day i gave first round cleared the interview next day i had to take leave just to appear for their so called urgent position i gave 3 rounds back to back she had told me after each round I'll give you your results immediately after all the 3 round of interview i didn't receive any call from her i gave her a call and asked for the interview result she said i have cleared the 3rd and 4th round also and she would update me about the 2nd round also in sometime but i never received any call from her i tried to reach out to her couple of time but each time the call went into voice message i sent her mail couple of times following on the same but didn't received anything in response.
I didn't expected this kind of behavior at least when it came to Mastercard. with such big name the way they wasted my time was unimaginable TBH why to even waste someone times when you have no intention of hiring or responding to candidate when it comes to your call it becomes urgent and when it comes to candidate it becomes unnecessary no matter what the results are but the candidate have given his time and effort in appearing this interviews so they should be informed acc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me to design the flow of the current project and gave me one coding question where i had to find the errors and fix those.
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