First Round was base on DSA and aptitude test
The Second Round was Technical Round mostly based on data structures and algorithms Also they asked me some HR questions also and it's a 1-hour interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic DSA Questions and 2 - 3 HR questions were also asked
Simple question asked in Java, nothing fancy for sde1, solid principles, few questions on overloading but ghosted laster by hr, tried contacting to hr multiple times but no response received
I was selected through Mastercard’s Code for Change Hackathon for an internship, where our team worked on real-world projects. After successfully completing a 2-month internship, I was offered a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Based on my performance during the internship, I was offered a PPO – there was no separate interview round.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Mastercard (Pune) in Sep 2025
Interview
3 rounds ( 2 tech + 1 hr) Deeply Resume Based, you must know each and everything you've written in resume and about your project in detail - its flow, tech stack what and why, er diagram, how you plan to enhance it, etc. Easy to medium level dsa (stack, queues), DBMS and optimization. HR round was like a general hr round - intro apart from resume, family bg, about clg etc
Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Mastercard with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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