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Shubham PanchalMastercard
SDE
CS 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
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Shubham Panchal: Interview Experience for Mastercard - SDE1
Note: Interview experiences vary a lot and can be changed on-the-fly depending on the skills and aptitude of an individual. Make sure you prepare yourself in all aspects not just the ones mentioned below.
Online Assessment
- Date: 10th October 2024
- Mode: Online (at home)
- Test Duration: 1 hr
- No. of questions: 2 (DSA-based coding questions with no tight restrictions on the programming language)
Technical Interview 1
- Date/Time: 15th October 2024
- Mode: Offline (at AIT, Pune)
- Duration: ~30 mins
The first technical interview comprised of:
- Self-introduction
- Discussion of projects mentioned in the resume
- Questions for the interviewer
Technical Interview 2
- Date/Time: 15th October 2024
- Mode: Offline (at AIT, Pune)
- Duration: ~45 mins
The second technical interview comprised of:
- Self-introduction
- Writing a code snippet to generate the first 1000 prime numbers
- Waterfall model vs. the agile model in software development lifecycle
- Suggest ways to improve a simple website from different perspectives (UI/UX, security, efficiency)
HR Interview
- Date/Time: 15th October 2024
- Mode: Offline (at AIT, Pune)
- Duration: ~5 mins
The HR interview comprised of:
- Occupation of my parents
- Past life and current interests
- Plans for masters
To the developers of this website
This is a good initiative taken up by PICT students. Interview experiences can help to some extent in campus placements. Experiences found on the internet are either too old (pre-COVID era) or not relevant to the role/company/campus.
Keep the good work up 👍🏻
(and thank you for including a Markdown-based editor!)
