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Updated 25 Feb 2025

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Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Any thing which your friends hate about you?
  • Ans. 

    I tend to be too organized and structured, which can annoy my friends at times.

    • My friends sometimes find my need for planning and structure to be excessive

    • I can be inflexible when it comes to deviating from my plans

    • My attention to detail can come across as nitpicky to some

    • I prioritize efficiency over spontaneity, which can be frustrating for my more laid-back friends

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Revenue collected by the barbers of Kanpur in an year
  • Ans. 

    I don't have the available data to answer this question.

    • Need data on number of barbers in Kanpur

    • Need data on average revenue per barber

    • Need data on number of working days in a year

    • Need data on number of customers per barber per day

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. If you are going to open an e-commerce website like Flipkart what will be the things that you will have to keep in mind.
  • Ans. 

    To open an e-commerce website like Flipkart, one must keep in mind various factors such as target audience, product range, user experience, logistics, and marketing.

    • Identify the target audience and their preferences

    • Offer a wide range of products to cater to different needs

    • Ensure a seamless user experience with easy navigation and quick loading time

    • Establish a robust logistics network for timely delivery and hassle-free...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. If given the other job profile will you accept it?
  • Ans. 

    It depends on the job profile and its alignment with my career goals.

    • I would consider the job profile and evaluate its alignment with my career goals.

    • I would assess the job responsibilities and the skills required for the role.

    • I would also consider the company culture and work environment.

    • If the job profile aligns with my career goals and offers growth opportunities, I would accept it.

    • However, if it does not align with...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Any one decision you will like to change in course of these 4 years which could open a better career profile for you.
  • Ans. 

    I would have pursued a certification in data science earlier.

    • I should have taken a course in data science during my undergraduate studies.

    • I could have pursued a certification in data science while working as a business analyst.

    • Learning data science earlier would have opened up more opportunities for me in the field.

    • I could have gained more experience in data analysis and visualization.

    • I could have applied for more adva

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The question were tricky not conventional quant. Spend time on questions don't rush
Tips: CAT level preparation will be more than enough
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 60

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Basic HR questions. Be confident and good communication skills will help

Round: Technical + HR Interview
Experience: There were 2 panelist one man and a woman. When they asked the revenue question, I asked the ma'am as to how many times do she go to a parlor and then how much does it cost each time. This lightened the mood and she was smiling throughout the interview. After listening to questions I was saying "Please give me 2 minutes to think over it" She finally said "Why do you want 2 minutes every time we ask a question" then i answered "I just want to come up with the best answer in 2 minutes and don't say anything irrelevant". They were very impressed said "Take as much time as you want "
Tips: Just be yourself. Confident with a smile. Workout the problem with them

Skills: Guesstimate Skills, HR Skills, Communication And Confidence, Ability To Handle Situations, Commitment
College Name: IIT Kanpur

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Given Python coding challenge related to string processing and second question was matrix processing using python

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Bagging boosting and its difference and uses.
  • Ans. 

    Bagging and boosting are ensemble learning techniques used to improve the performance of machine learning models by combining multiple weak learners.

    • Bagging (Bootstrap Aggregating) involves training multiple models independently on different subsets of the training data and combining their predictions through averaging or voting.

    • Boosting involves training multiple models sequentially, where each subsequent model correc...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Methods to minimize overfitting and underfitting
  • Ans. 

    To minimize overfitting, use techniques like cross-validation, regularization, early stopping. To minimize underfitting, increase model complexity, gather more data.

    • Use cross-validation to evaluate model performance on different subsets of data

    • Apply regularization techniques like L1 or L2 regularization to penalize large coefficients

    • Implement early stopping to prevent the model from training for too long

    • Increase model ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Transformer architecture
  • Q4. LLM usecase and explain how to work on it
  • Ans. 

    LLM usecase involves using Latent Linear Models for various data analysis tasks.

    • LLM can be used for dimensionality reduction in high-dimensional data.

    • LLM can be used for clustering similar data points together.

    • LLM can be used for anomaly detection in datasets.

    • LLM can be applied in natural language processing tasks such as text classification.

    • LLM can be used in recommendation systems to predict user preferences.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Given data, find out what AI project can be discovered and how to progress on implementing it.
  • Q2. Given data and usecase, which model to use to implement solution and how detailed steps.
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Discussed each project in my resume in detail and related questions
  • Q2. Discussed team and personal behavioural questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep your basics of data science and statistics clear. Also keep only things you worked or know in your resume.

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MasterCard Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Ci cd tools.. Backend work
  • Q2. Monitoring tools like splunk dynatrace
  • Q3. Questions on linux
  • Q4. Questions on Database, rabbitmq, load blancers
  • Q5. Questions on cloud and sheel scripting

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Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 21 Feb 2025

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Case Study 

A typical case interview.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Case interview for a banking company
  • Q2. Standard guestimate questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - The final round was disappointing. I encountered a very rude interviewer who seemed unprepared, insensitive, and was projecting his personal frustrations onto the interviewee. It was a terrible experience. If Mastercard aims to compete with MBB, they need to offer candidates an experience comparable to that of MBB.

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Q1. How would you pass an entry for travel expenses incurred and paid by employee and was reimbursed? How would the end to end flow happens
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. What are software development design patterns? Can you explain singleton design pattern and code an example to show that?
  • Ans. 

    Software development design patterns are reusable solutions to common problems encountered in software design.

    • Design patterns help in creating maintainable, scalable, and efficient software.

    • Singleton design pattern ensures a class has only one instance and provides a global point of access to it.

    • Example: Implementing a singleton class in Java -

    • public class Singleton { private static Singleton instance; private Singleto...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Can you develop and simple API app to show its running and anyone request sending to it?
  • Q3. What kind of databases you’ve worked on? And explain what is DML!
  • Ans. 

    I have worked on relational databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL. DML stands for Data Manipulation Language.

    • Worked on MySQL and PostgreSQL databases

    • Familiar with writing SQL queries for data manipulation

    • DML stands for Data Manipulation Language

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. When we work with micro services , what is your experience which becomes challenge?
  • Ans. 

    One challenge when working with microservices is managing communication between services.

    • Ensuring proper service discovery and registration

    • Handling network latency and failures

    • Implementing effective monitoring and logging

    • Maintaining consistency and data integrity across services

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the types of deployments?
  • Ans. 

    Types of deployments include blue-green, canary, rolling, and immutable.

    • Blue-green deployment involves running two identical production environments and switching between them.

    • Canary deployment gradually rolls out changes to a small subset of users before deploying to the entire infrastructure.

    • Rolling deployment updates a few instances at a time, ensuring continuous availability.

    • Immutable deployment creates new instanc

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is Blue Green Deployment ?
  • Ans. 

    Blue Green Deployment is a software release strategy that reduces downtime and risk by running two identical production environments.

    • In Blue Green Deployment, one environment (blue) is live and serving production traffic while the other (green) is idle and ready to be switched to at any time.

    • This strategy allows for zero downtime deployments, as the switch between blue and green environments can be done seamlessly.

    • Blue...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. I was asked travelling salesman problem to solve.!
Round 3 - Bar Raiser 

(6 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me what you liked in last 2 rounds!
  • Ans. 

    I enjoyed the challenging technical questions and the opportunity to showcase my problem-solving skills.

    • Challenging technical questions

    • Opportunity to showcase problem-solving skills

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Explain me the best project as per you which you worked upon and features of it.
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based project management tool for tracking tasks and deadlines.

    • Implemented user authentication and authorization using JWT tokens

    • Integrated real-time chat feature using WebSockets

    • Utilized React for front-end and Node.js for back-end development

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Some RegEx related questions were asked.
  • Q4. How vector databases work?
  • Ans. 

    Vector databases store data in a vector format, allowing for efficient querying and analysis of high-dimensional data.

    • Vector databases use vectors to represent data points in a multi-dimensional space.

    • They are commonly used in machine learning and data science applications for tasks like similarity search and clustering.

    • Examples of vector databases include Faiss, Annoy, and Milvus.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. If I give you a coding problem to solve in the language you don’t know, can you solve it, when you’re allowed to refer Google search?
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I can solve a coding problem in a language I don't know with Google search.

    • Utilize Google search to understand syntax and concepts in the unfamiliar language

    • Break down the problem into smaller parts and search for solutions to each part

    • Refer to online resources, forums, and documentation for guidance

    • Practice writing and testing code snippets in the new language before attempting the full solution

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. How you can parse location and shop name from a card transaction string?
  • Ans. 

    Use regex to extract location and shop name from transaction string.

    • Use regular expressions to match patterns for location and shop name.

    • Look for keywords like 'at', 'from', 'in' to identify location.

    • Consider variations in transaction strings and account for them in regex patterns.

    • Example: 'Spent $50 at Starbucks Coffee' -> Location: Starbucks Coffee, Shop Name: Starbucks Coffee

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - We really can’t have fixed questions, be sure with what you’ve worked upon. And also be clear about what you admire as next step to work.

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

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Sep 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. How to maintain security in Microservices ?
  • Ans. 

    Maintaining security in Microservices involves implementing authentication, authorization, encryption, and monitoring.

    • Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to control access to microservices.

    • Use encryption to secure communication between microservices.

    • Implement monitoring and logging to detect and respond to security incidents.

    • Regularly update dependencies and patches to address security vulnerabilities...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Difference between Kafka and RabbitMQ ?
  • Ans. 

    Kafka is a distributed streaming platform while RabbitMQ is a message broker.

    • Kafka is designed for high-throughput, fault-tolerant, real-time data streaming.

    • RabbitMQ is a traditional message broker that follows the AMQP protocol.

    • Kafka uses a publish-subscribe model while RabbitMQ uses a message queuing model.

    • Kafka is horizontally scalable and provides strong durability guarantees.

    • RabbitMQ supports multiple messaging pr...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. What are the usecases where CQRS pattern can be used ?
  • Ans. 

    CQRS pattern can be used in scenarios where read and write operations need to be separated for better scalability and performance.

    • CQRS can be used in applications with complex domain models that require different models for reading and writing data.

    • It can be beneficial in scenarios where read operations heavily outnumber write operations.

    • CQRS is useful when there is a need to optimize read and write operations independ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. How will you resolve eventual consistency in a relational DB from design perspective ?
  • Ans. 

    Implementing eventual consistency in a relational DB involves careful design and use of techniques like conflict resolution and versioning.

    • Use timestamp-based conflict resolution to handle conflicting updates.

    • Implement versioning to track changes and resolve conflicts.

    • Consider using distributed transactions or distributed consensus algorithms like Paxos or Raft.

    • Use compensating transactions to rollback changes in case ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Tell me any challenging production issue you faced and how you resolved it ?

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Jobs at MasterCard

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java Fundamentals
  • Q2. System Design
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Previous experience
  • Q2. Spring boot
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Offer discussion
  • Q2. Onboarding process

Lead Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Square Root with Decimal Precision Problem Statement You are provided with two integers, 'N' and 'D'. Your objective is to determine the square root of the number 'N' with a precision up to 'D' decimal places. This implies that the discrepa... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

General DSA with some ds questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Walk through resume
  • Ans. 

    I will walk through my resume highlighting key experiences and skills.

    • Started with education background, mentioning degrees and relevant coursework

    • Highlighted previous internships or work experience in data science or related fields

    • Discussed projects worked on, including tools and techniques used

    • Mentioned any relevant skills such as programming languages, statistical analysis, and machine learning algorithms

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  • Q2. Reverse linked list
  • Q3. Use of oops in some cases
  • Ans. 

    Object-oriented programming (OOP) is useful for creating reusable code, organizing complex systems, and modeling real-world entities.

    • Encapsulation: OOP allows for bundling data and methods into objects, providing data security and reducing complexity.

    • Inheritance: OOP enables the creation of new classes based on existing ones, promoting code reuse and reducing redundancy.

    • Polymorphism: OOP allows objects to be treated as...

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Data Science Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Rotate Matrix by 90 Degrees Problem Statement Given a square matrix 'MATRIX' of non-negative integers, rotate the matrix by 90 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction using only constant extra space. Input: The first line of input contains a... read more
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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. System design basics
  • Q2. Java 8 stream api code
  • Q3. Current project
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Only arrogance related stuff
  • Q2. Only arrogance related stuff happened

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Too much arrogant people .
Not at all talented asked me everything theoretical ,no evaluation from logic building or coding perspective just some random stupid google questions based upon their own internal project work .
I am not happy with the style of evaluation also interviewer was too much arrogant and rude .never met these kind of people.
I do too belongs to equal product based,good technical background but never seen anyone rude to this level.

Top MasterCard Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What if your application is down for 1 hour in one site in prod?
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SDE Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 18 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

3 Coding Questions of moderate level .

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. DBMS Project asked in deep.
  • Q2. Basic codes to write e.g. Insertion , Deletion in Linkedlist
  • Q3. As i haved added ML project. They go into algorithms detailed explanation.
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Ask Questions abt family background.
  • Q2. Few more details about your future plan.

SDE Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Return Subsets Sum to K Problem Statement Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' and an integer 'K', return all the subsets of 'ARR' which sum to 'K'. Explanation: A subset of an array 'ARR' is a tuple that can be obtained from 'ARR' by r... read more
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Data Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 16 Jan 2025

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. SQL case study for data
  • Q2. Find nth salary
  • Ans. 

    To find the nth salary in a dataset

    • Sort the dataset in descending order based on salary

    • Remove duplicates if necessary

    • Return the salary at index n-1

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Data Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

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MasterCard Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in MasterCard interview?
MasterCard interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the MasterCard interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for MasterCard interview?
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, Corporate Security, SQL, Agile Coaching and Automation Testing.
What are the top questions asked in MasterCard interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the MasterCard interview -

  1. If you are going to open an e-commerce website like Flipkart what will be the t...read more
  2. 3. How do you deal with senior customer when you don't have enough da...read more
  3. Guesstimate the number of people travelling by local metro in mum...read more
How long is the MasterCard interview process?

The duration of MasterCard interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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