India placement season 2026–27 is around the corner — here's the fresher action plan
TCS NQT, InfyTQ, Wipro NLTH and Cognizant GenC for the 2027 batch open between July and October 2026. Employer intent to hire freshers is up at 73%, but the screening shifted to skills and proof-of-work. Here's the 90-day plan that actually works.
The next campus hiring cycle in India is closer than most students think. TCS NextStep, Infosys InfyTQ, Wipro NLTH and Cognizant GenC open their 2027-batch registration windows between July and October 2026. Core engineering recruiters (Qualcomm, Samsung, Intel) follow on-campus from September. Indian product companies — Zoho, Freshworks, Razorpay — push their drives into January–February 2027.
The tone of the market has shifted. TeamLease EdTech's Career Outlook HY1 2026 puts employer intent to hire freshers at 73%, but the same report confirms recruiters are now screening on proof-of-work, not GPA. AI fluency, cloud + DevOps, data engineering and cybersecurity are the four highest-paying entry stacks.
A practical 90-day action plan
- Register on day one. TCS NQT and InfyTQ early registrants get more slot choice. Missing the first window pushes you to April 2027 with fewer seats.
- Fix the aptitude gate. Roughly 60–70% of mass-IT shortlists are lost at quant/verbal, not coding. Three timed mocks a week beats a month of passive reading.
- Ship two production-grade projects with deployed URLs, GitHub repos and measured outcomes — latency, accuracy, RPS — instead of five toy demos.
- Validate every resume against the actual JD with a keyword-density pass before you apply. The AI Resume Fit Score tells you, in 30 seconds, which terms you're missing.
Browse live openings filtered by experience band on the OwnYourCareer jobs board, or read last week's hiring signals for the broader market picture. The 2026–27 game isn't about applying more — it's about applying better.
Source: TeamLease EdTech HY1 2026 · IDP · OwnYourCareer
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