I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Mastercard (College Park, MD) in Feb 2016
Interview
The interviewer was extremely rude. I'm pretty sure there was some sort of bias before the interview really even began. We started 5 minutes late and he was disinterested from the beginning. He was constantly on his phone while I was trying to talk to him and there was not even a smile once. I'm not sure if this was a test or not but it did not make me feel comfortable at all. It's unfortunate because I was really interested in the company but I feel like the interviewer, not my qualifications decided whether or not I got the job.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Mastercard (College Station, TX) in Oct 2018
Interview
Talked to the company at Career Fair and later applied online. Got a call for Campus Interview. Didn't make it to the second round which was supposed to happen at their headquarters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One Case-Study question which was related to designing a database. They wanted to know the overall thinking process
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
3 rounds total. First round was on campus, covered past projects/internships, some basic SQL questions, and a market sizing question. Second round was in the SF office, went over past internship experience and a database design case with some related SQL questions. Final round was in the Arlington office. It consisted of four 45 minute interviews. I had one creative data one, two business cases, and one database design case. Overall a really great experience, everyone was very friendly and helpful!
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design a database for your favorite messaging app.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Mastercard in Oct 2017
Interview
I applied through my college and got offered an on campus interview. The interview was only 30 minutes and consisted of about 1 behavioral question, two database questions, and a market-sizing question. The interviewer was very nice and helpful during the case.
