I applied online. I interviewed at Mastercard (Pune) in May 2019
Interview
It was quick and easy interview process . 2 rounds of interview. Basic questions on java8 , collections , 2 programs and spring framework. Some project related questions of previous company.
Completed both rounds in one day.
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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
Associate Software Engineer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Software Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Associate Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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