Mastercard·Software Engineer

Mastercard Software Engineer interview experience

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PunePosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started with the usual on-campus pipeline: I filled out a form, got shortlisted for an OA, and then moved forward based on the criteria they used.

The OA itself was two coding questions in about an hour at easy-to-medium level. After that, I went into the first technical interview and then a second technical interview, and finally wrapped with HR.

In the technical rounds, the questions pulled from a mix of DSA, project and internship discussion, and core CS topics like DBMS, OOP, OS, and networking. I also got a MySQL query question and some Java fundamentals because the role clearly leaned on Java. The pace felt fast, and the variety made it clear they wanted breadth rather than just one kind of problem-solving. I didn’t get an offer,

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