I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Mastercard (Glasgow, Scotland) in Oct 2021
Interview
The process was smooth. Initial round consisted of pymetrics game assessment that involved playing 12 different games to assess cognitive abilities. This was followed by a virtual interview through pymetrics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were mostly competency or motivation based like why this company? Why this role? Why are you fit for this role?
I applied online. I interviewed at Mastercard (Johannesburg) in Feb 2026
Interview
After application is done and your qualifications are a match , you will be invited to a A HireVue interview. It is a pre-recorded, one-way video assessment where you answer text or video questions. You typically get 30 seconds to prepare and up to 3 minutes to record each response. The AI evaluates your answers, speech patterns, and body language against the company's top-performing employees
I applied online. I interviewed at Mastercard (Bloemfontein) in Aug 2022
Interview
The first round of the interview is the pymetrics digital interview and you have 3 questions to record and submit. You have a maximum of 3 minutes to answer each question.
I applied online. I interviewed at Mastercard in Feb 2022
Interview
The process was quite easy. About 2-3 hours after completing the application, I got the invitation to take the pymetrics test. The test was basically divided into 12 easy games which did not take more than 30mins. I just got invited for the video interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The money exchange game, ballon game, memory game, tower game
Graduate Program applicants have rated the interview process at Mastercard with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Program roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mastercard overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mastercard as a Graduate Program according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
Personality test: 15%
Skills test: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Other: 8%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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