Mastercard Software Interview Experience for Development Engineer Intership (On-Campus) 2023

Mastercard came to our campus this mid-September (2023) . There were a total of 4 Rounds: Coding Round followed by 2 Technical + HR Interview Round.

Round 1: Online Assessment ( 2 Coding questions 1Hr)

1. Basic string Problem (Easy) – Count frequency of each consecutive same letter eg.str=”aaabbcdddd” ans=”a3b2c1d4″
2. Graph Problem

35/600 students were shortlisted for later rounds.

Round 2: Techincal + HR Interview ( Around 1 Hr)

So the technical interview began with a greeting and “Introduce yourself” and then switched to the technical part.

1. Project Discussion
   • They ask me to explain my projects and then ask some questions about them.
   • Ask about the technologies and algorithms I used.
   • Told me to explain how my projects can be used in real life
   • Give me a real-life situation and ask me about how I will solve it. eg. I have data on college students. What can I do with this data?
2. DSA questions
3. Database questions
4. HR questions :
   • Given me situations and ask me about what I would do in that case.
   • Asked me about my mistakes, strengths, weaknesses, and teamwork.

Round 3: Technical (Around 40mins)

1. Project Discussion
2. Ask me about 4 Party model used in transactions
3. Based on my previous question answer, further, he took me to encryption and decryption of data.
4. Database :
   • Sql and nosql (diffrence and advantages)
   • Indexing in both databased
   • Paging and clustering
5. DSA questions

Round 4: HR(Around 15 mins)

1. Start with an informal introduction about me, my family, school, college, hobbies, etc
2. Why would like to join Mastercard?
3. What difficulties am I facing living in a hostel?
4. What do my parents expect of me, and what am I doing to meet those expectations?
5. Situation-based questions: e.g., you are arguing with your manager. How would you resolve it?

A total of 12 students were selected for Mastercard Internship 2023.

• Tips
  • Practice DSA well to clear the online coding round.
  • Do some good projects and make a good resume.
  • Be realistic and confident during the interview. Don’t bluff anything.
  • Study well about the company and let their values reflect in your answers.

Woah well done! that’s all you got to do! (All the best! just be confident, and be you!)