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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Pune, India

August 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There were 4 rounds of process:

Round 1: Online Assessment test which was conducted on hirepro of 1.5hr. 2 coding question were given. Those who have solved 2 question or 1 question + 12/15 testcases of other question were selected for interview process. Total 40 students has been selected from 200. Only CS/IT branch was allowed.

Round 2(Duration: 40-45min): Technical Interview: Have some discussion on vector and array with respect to DSA question. Then he moved to ACID properties of dbms, then transaction discussion in detail regarding all states, roll back, commit and saved point. Then he has seen my resume. He asked some questions about my project like why i made these projects and why i am using mongodb not sql and vice versa. Difference between relational and non-relation databases. Detailed discussion on jwt token, structure of it. Is it safe or not? how does it store information. How does it transfer information?

Round 3(Duration: 30mins): Some basic questions regarding system design. what is horizontal and vertical scaling. When do we use what and why? Then wholesome discussion on my projects.

Round 4(HR Round): Some basic puzzles and questions like where do u see yourself in next 5 years. If there is conflict in team, then how do u handle it?

Total 4 students are selected out of 40

Questions

One simple DSA question of converting all the even index position into uppercase letter of string in constant space without using any Java API.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 31 interview experiences for the Mastercard Software Engineer role in Pune, India.

Success Rate

45%
Pass Rate

Mastercard's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Pune, India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive81%
Neutral6%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Mastercard's Software Engineer interview process in Pune, India.