MasterCard Interview Questions

12 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (94%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

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Interview Difficulty (75%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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% Interns - FT Offers (96%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interview Questions & Answers - MasterCard Examples

business development intern Interview - Sales

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
hirevue straight into superday. hirevue was very behavioral and superday was a lot of the same. two interviews. first one was just why Mastercard why business development and questions about my resume. second one was more conversational, questions like what skills would be required to succeed here, things of that nature.
Interview Questions
Question about a time I acted ethically.

Associate Consultant Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Besiktas
Interviewed: December 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
After the application from online I received an HireVue after 1 month later. After 3months I received an email about final interviews will be held in 10 days.
Interview Questions
What do you think that The Central Bank of Japan does not increase or decrease their interest rate?

Associate Consultant Intern Interview - Management Consulting

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: January 2026
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied Online. Then received a first round pre recorded video interview. 3 Questions, one behavioural, and two cased based questions.

After that moved on to a final round in person. Two 45 min interviews. Both with a Mckinsey style case and some behaviourals.
Interview Questions
Calculations for the case were the most difficult

Associate Consultant Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Purchase
Interviewed: December 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
It consisted of two case interviews and a behavioural employee. The cases were about bicylce compnay profitable, and another was about a food deliveyr service.
Interview Questions
How to calculate profitabilty?

intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Haidian Qu
Interviewed: March 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
The interviewer asked about my previous experience throng resume and how well did I know about the college.
Interview Questions
Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures

Associate Consultant Intern Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in Arlington
Interviewed: October 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very straightforward. Applied through the university recruiting portal. About a week later, I was invited for the one round interview process which consisted of 2 back to back interviews. One was with a senior director, and the other was with a senior associate. Both cases were pretty normal and were about market entry and growth in the retail/travel industry. There was a bit more focus on math than traditional consulting cases. The behavioral portion for the two interviews was also super important. Questions in that field were straightforward though,( i.e. why mastercard/ tell me about a time..) After this interview, I had to wait about a week and a half to get a call back for an offer.
Interview Questions
There weren't really any unexpected questions. I think the most challenging question was a behavioral question: tell me about a time where you took leadership on something when you didn't have to.

Summer Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Other
Interview
I was asked to outline how MasterCard generates revenue. I only made it to the first video interview.
Interview Questions
I was also asked a trick question: how can you measure 45 seconds using two ropes that will both burn in one minute but they will burn at variable rates.

Software Development Internship Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I had back-to-back 45 minute technical interviews. The first interview involved a system design question; I thought I did pretty well. The second interview was a leetcode medium/easy problem. Asked a few questions at the very end.
Interview Questions
The systems design question was a little confusing; I eventually got the answer but my code was not very well written.

Summer Intern Interview - Other

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: February 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Consists of 2 rounds: Firstly an interview with the HR on campus, and secondly an interview with a business manager at their office
Interview Questions
HR Round questions:
Tell me about a time when you failed? Tell me about strengths and weaknesses? What do you know about our company and why did you decide to apply to our company? what kind of role do you want to work in? where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?

Business Round questions:
What is your background? What are some of the projects that you have worked on in the past? Why are you interested in our company? What do you know about the department that you will be working at if you are accepted?

Consultant Interview

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The recruiter came to my school and we scheduled an interview. It was mainly behavioral. The interviewer was the same major as me in school, History.
Interview Questions
There weren't any that were too difficult. I think the interviewer was very upfront in that he indicated that he wasn't interested in hearing my "prepared" answer for why I enjoyed my major. He asked me to be upfront, so I did. My major was History so I told him I came into university feeling a natural inclination towards it, and really enjoyed it because it felt like a story. Not the most "market oriented" answer or even the most intelligent-sounding, but very candid. I think he appreciated that. Other questions were related to how the company makes money.
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