Mastercard Software Engineer interview experience

I was told I’d be moving forward and that I’d receive an invitation for the first interview, but before that happened the recruiter asked me to answer a few questions. I completed all of them and, from my perspective, none of my answers raised any red flags.

After that, though, I didn’t get what I was expecting. I received a rejection email without any explanation or feedback, even though I’d been told I’d be invited to an interview. The technical part of the story never really even got a chance to happen—what hurt was how abrupt and opaque the communication was.

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