Was asked a medium and a hard leetcode question.
Answered it, then was asked to reduce the time complexity. Then there was an HR round to assess my compatibility with the team.
Other Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview reviews for Mastercard
Simple question asked in Java, nothing fancy for sde1, solid principles, few questions on overloading but ghosted laster by hr, tried contacting to hr multiple times but no response received
I was selected through Mastercard’s Code for Change Hackathon for an internship, where our team worked on real-world projects. After successfully completing a 2-month internship, I was offered a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO).
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Question 1
Based on my performance during the internship, I was offered a PPO – there was no separate interview round.
I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Mastercard (Pune) in Sep 2025
Interview
3 rounds ( 2 tech + 1 hr) Deeply Resume Based, you must know each and everything you've written in resume and about your project in detail - its flow, tech stack what and why, er diagram, how you plan to enhance it, etc. Easy to medium level dsa (stack, queues), DBMS and optimization. HR round was like a general hr round - intro apart from resume, family bg, about clg etc
