All about TCS NQT - National Qualifier Test

India's largest multinational IT service and consulting company, TCS, brought a major change in its recruitment pattern in 2018. In order to give an equal opportunity to technical graduates and post graduates across the country, TCS conducts a National Qualifier Test (NQT) for various roles. NQT is an online test after which the students have to appear for personal interviews - technical, managerial and HR.

TCS NQT is conducted to select the top talent for four major roles. These roles can be categorized as per the colleges as well as the candidate’s performance.

The top students from the best colleges are chosen for this role. It mainly involves the profile of product developers, who may also join TCS Innovation Labs. The average salary package for this category is 9-11 LPA.

TCS Digital hiring is open to all the colleges. The average salary package for this profile is 7-8 LPA.

TCS Ninja NQT is conducted for multi-functional and multi-skilled roles (development/maintanence/ support). Eligible candidates from all the colleges are chosen once they pass the test. The average salary package for this category is 3.5-4 LPA. Every year, TCS Ninja receives a huge response from students; with almost 3 lakh registrations across 100+ cities in India. Additionally, the best performers of the test also get a chance to go for TCS Digital role.

TCS Smart Hiring is exclusively conducted for B.Sc and BCA graduates. It is usually held in the month of January. The selected students are invited to TCS training program called 'Ignite'. This program is devised to transform the graduates to full-fledged IT professionals. The average salary package for this profile is 2.5-3 LPA.

For TCS Digital and TCS Ninja, graduates/postgraduates of all engineering streams or postgraduates with M.Sc in CS/IT can apply for NQT. Additionally, B.Sc/BCA graduates and MCA postgraduates with Mathematics/Statistics Background can also apply.

Students from top engineering colleges usually are directly recruited for TCS Innovator role.

TCS Ninja/Digital NQT is an online test with a Mandatory NQT Section and Subject NQT Section. The exam duration is 180 minutes. There is sectional time limit allotted to each section. The level of difficulty of TCS Digital NQT is higher than that of TCS Ninja NQT.

TCS Smart Hiring Assessment Test is a 3 hour online-test that evaluates you on the basis of Mandatory NQT and Subject NQT.

For more details, visit at : TCS Official Website

You will be directed to ‘Apply Now’. Click on the link and choose the required category to fill the requisite details.