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MasterCard Senior Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

Updated 8 Jan 2025

MasterCard Senior Data Scientist Interview Experiences for Experienced

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Question on Machine Learning Algorithms.
  • Q2. End to End project that is mostly focused on Scaling up and deployment purposes
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Company fit and expectations of Compensation etc.
  • Ans. 

    Company fit is crucial for long-term success. Compensation expectations should align with industry standards and experience.

    • Research the company culture and values to ensure alignment with personal values and work style.

    • Understand the company's expectations for the role and how your skills and experience can meet or exceed them.

    • Discuss compensation openly and transparently, considering industry standards, your experien...

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Dec 2016. There were 6 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. For this round he gave me lot of problems and asked to develop optimal algorithm to solve that. Problems were mainly on trees and number sequences
  • Q2. In this round he mainly discussed my projects and asked me how these can be put to use in Paypal. He also asked some basic questions from ML
  • Q3. HR round was just for formality
  • Q4. Probability , question on calculating expected number of trials and puzzles

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The coding question was:
Given a binary string containing 0's and 1's. You can split the string such that each partition should be a exponential of 5 (1,5,25,625...). You were asked to return minimum number of partition for the given string such each partition is exponential of 5. If no such partition exists return -1.
Examples: '101101101' Ans: 3 (101, 101, 101)
'111' Ans: 3 (1,1,1)
10101 Ans: -1
Tips: For MCQ's prepare DSA, OS and Networking. For DSA you can refer to cormen
For Coding question practice on either geeksforgeeks or from any of the coding platforms like hackerrank
The shortlist was mainly dependent on coding question
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Round: Puzzle Interview
Tips: Do lot of puzzles from heard on the street, -----/ , Try to search for more. It will be helpful in other interviews as well

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Practice algorithm section from geeksforgeeks. There are lot of standard problems. The given questions were slightly modified version of standard problems

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: For this round you need to be well prepared with your projects and resume.

College Name: IIT Madras

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a good grasp of DS algo, java, etc.(Here CGPA doesn't matter)

General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :
1. Be confident and to be confident prepare well.
2. Set the priority of your companies 
3. Don't start preparation at end. Don't ignore the content of resume.

Be confident and start preparation as soon as possible.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain the last technically challenging topic that you have worked on. The engineering manager is only interested in self boasting. Without even trying to understand the entire problem statement, they try...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - To pass engineering manager round, you will always have to agree to the hiring manager. Even if technically it doesn't make sense, just nod. The entire interview is to boost his ego. The comments that they pass without even understanding the entire picture is generally astonishing.

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Assignment 

Online assesment . 5 coding question in 90 minutes

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank coding test with paired screen. They give problem we have to write the logic

Round 4 - Coding Test 

Again hacker rank code pair. the give problem and have to write logic. this round with staff senior engineer

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare on java problems. leet code medium problems.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Online test link given data structures were asked, array problem and string problem
Likewise Double Linked List was also asked

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Spring boot API endpoint description
  • Ans. 

    Spring Boot API endpoint is a URL that exposes the functionality of a web service.

    • API endpoints are the entry points for the client to access the server's resources.

    • Spring Boot provides a simple and easy way to create RESTful APIs.

    • Endpoints can be secured using Spring Security.

    • Endpoints can be documented using Swagger or Spring REST Docs.

    • Examples: /users, /products, /orders

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  • Q2. CI CD pipeline, Docker Kubernetes

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident about what you are saying
Be thorough with ur logic and ur skills

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2022. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Hacker rank test based on string manipulation questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 2nd round will be technical
  • Q2. Yes mostly coding and DS questions you can also expect one logical IQ question
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This round was mostly behavioural and culture fit round with Manager
Round 5 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation
  • Q2. Notice period discussions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared for the coding round which will be 1st round hacker rank test
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in May 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was asked two DSA questions and duration was of one hour.
1. Calculate Sum of edges of LinkedList
2. Given a list of numbers, find out all the pythagorean triplets.

Round 2 - Coding Test 

This was also a DSA round for 1 hour and expected to solve two problems (Medium)

Round 3 - Case Study 

This was a system design round for one hour

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions about resume
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Workplace adjustment questions
  • Q2. Are you willing to work extra hours
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Performance tuning
  • Q2. Advance sql queries
  • Q3. Subqueries in oracle
  • Ans. 

    Subqueries in Oracle are queries nested within another query to retrieve data from multiple tables.

    • Subqueries can be used in SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.

    • Subqueries can return a single value, a single row, multiple rows, or a table.

    • Subqueries can be correlated or non-correlated, depending on whether they reference columns from the outer query.

    • Example: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE department_id = (SELE...

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Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reason for change
  • Q2. Situational questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

MasterCard Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in MasterCard Senior Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?
MasterCard interview process for experienced candidates usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the MasterCard interview process for experienced candidates are Resume Shortlist, Technical and HR.
How to prepare for MasterCard Senior Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at MasterCard. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at MasterCard expect are Information Security, Python, SQL, Analytical Chemistry and Information Technology.
What are the top questions asked in MasterCard Senior Data Scientist interview for experienced candidates?

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