I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Mastercard (Pune) in Aug 2017
Interview
Initially There was an aptitude test on HirePro followed by two interview rounds next day. The level of difficulty of aptitude was moderate . Around 25-30 students were shortlisted for interview process.
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Most of the questions were asked on resume and projects, Be thorough with your project. Question on Data Structures were asked. Also They will ask about your interest and ask questions according to it. At the end a puzzle was asked. The interviewers were very friendly and the interview process was very good.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Mastercard (Saint Louis, MO) in Nov 2025
Interview
2 technical live coding interviews. 1 behavioral interview. Interviewers weren't very helpful, and the coding questions were easy-medium LeetCode/HackerRank questions. You will have to pass the first technical interview in order to move to the next steps.
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Behavioral: Name a time where you had a short time frame to complete a hard task? How did you go about solving this problem?
Technical: Questions about Binary trees?
Hiring through screening DSA problems focus on collection frameworks and have hands-on it. strong core java knowledge, focus on multithreading concepts, have strong SQL knowledge, Spring boot complete understanding, Microservices Architecture.
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regular expression matching , two sum, oops , multi threading
smooth and exciting. scheduled and conducted according to my feasibility. very smooth and engaging. The HR was clearly explained th e role and culture. Interviewer was very cool and supportive all through the interview