Infosys 2026: History, Services, and Fresher Hiring Guide

Infosys was founded in 1981 in Pune by Narayana Murthy and six co-founders, moved its headquarters to Bangalore two years later, and has been a fixture in Indian engineering campus recruitment ever since. Understanding what the company builds, how it has grown, and how it classifies its fresher hires gives you better preparation context than just knowing the aptitude test format.

Infosys at a Glance

Fact	Detail
Founded	1981, Pune, India
Headquarters	Electronic City, Bangalore, Karnataka
Stock listings	BSE and NSE (India); NYSE ticker INFY
Employees	Approximately 314,000 as of FY25
Annual revenue	Approximately USD 19.1 billion (FY25)
Geographic presence	Operations in 56 countries
Flagship product	Infosys Finacle (core banking software)
Non-profit arm	Infosys Foundation (established 1996)

Infosys is a B2B company. It does not sell software directly to consumers; it builds, maintains, and modernises software systems for large enterprise clients in banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing, and government. Most freshers join a delivery team that is building or maintaining one of these enterprise systems, often on a multi-year contract. The work varies considerably by client division. The entry structure stays fixed: aptitude test, technical interview, HR round, then Mysuru training.

Key Milestones: 1981 to 2026

Year	Milestone
1981	Founded in Pune by N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, S. Gopalakrishnan, S.D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh, N.S. Raghavan, and Ashok Arora
1983	Headquarters relocated to Electronic City, Bangalore; first overseas client signed
1987	First international office opened in Boston, USA
1993	Listed on BSE; first public equity offering in India
1999	Listed on NASDAQ as one of the first Indian software companies to do so
2005	Revenue crossed USD 2 billion; headcount exceeded 50,000
2016	First non-founder CEO (Vishal Sikka) appointed; AI and automation became stated investment themes
2018	Salil Parekh appointed CEO; business restructured around digital, cloud, and data services
FY26	Onboarded 20,000 freshers; CEO confirmed same target for FY27; AI-attuned compensation differentiation announced in Q4 earnings

The 1999 NASDAQ listing matters as context: Infosys was one of the earliest Indian IT companies to seek global investor visibility, and the resulting access to capital funded the delivery centre expansion that now makes it one of the largest campus recruiters in India. The 2018 restructuring under Parekh is the more recent inflection point; almost every change in how Infosys recruits and compensates freshers today traces back to that shift toward cloud and AI delivery.

What Infosys Does: The Services Portfolio

Infosys earns revenue from IT services and consulting delivered to large enterprises in banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing, and energy. For freshers, understanding the service lines matters because the division you join determines the technologies you work with and the client context you operate in.

Core IT Services and Consulting

The largest portion of Infosys’s revenue comes from application development and maintenance, infrastructure management, and business process outsourcing. Client engagements typically run multi-year. Freshers in the SE track join these delivery teams after completing the Infosys Mysuru training campus, which covers programming fundamentals, project tools, and Infosys-specific delivery methodologies. The actual project work varies by client: one team might maintain a bank’s mobile app; another might write ETL pipelines for a logistics company.

Infosys Finacle: The Banking Product

Finacle is Infosys’s core banking software. Banks use it to run deposit accounts, loan portfolios, payments infrastructure, and transaction processing at scale. It is one of the few instances where Infosys competes as a product company rather than a services firm. Engineers working in the Finacle division handle product configuration, implementation at bank client sites, and ongoing platform development. Freshers interested in this stream can explore the relevant certifications on the InfyTQ platform, which lists Finacle-specific learning tracks alongside the broader SE and SP preparation paths.

AI, Cloud, and Digital Services

Infosys has restructured a growing share of its delivery capacity around cloud migration, data analytics, and AI-assisted process automation. Per Salil Parekh’s Q4 FY26 earnings commentary, the company is building a pool of forward-deployed engineers to do AI solution work directly with clients. This is a defined cohort within Infosys’s AI practice, separate from the standard SE bulk intake. Entry into it requires demonstrable AI project skills, not just aptitude test performance.

The Infosys Foundation, the company’s non-profit arm, supports education, healthcare, rural development, and arts initiatives across India. It is funded by Infosys and operates independently of the commercial business. It is a common topic in Infosys HR interviews, so knowing that it was established in 1996 and focuses on social development is enough context for most placement conversations.

Fresher Hiring Tracks in 2026

Infosys runs three defined tracks for fresher recruitment. The CTC bands have remained consistent since 2022.

Track	CTC	Key selection criteria
System Engineer (SE)	₹3.6 LPA	Online aptitude test (quantitative ability + logical reasoning + verbal) + technical interview + HR
Specialist Programmer (SP)	₹6.5 LPA	Same test format with stronger DSA-focused coding section + technical interview + HR; InfyTQ certification holders preferred
Power Programmer (PP)	₹9.5 LPA	Top HackWithInfy or InfyTQ advanced performance + technical interview + HR; CGPA 7.5 or above typically required

The PP-to-SE CTC ratio is approximately 2.6x. Most engineering colleges that Infosys visits on campus have students entering through the SE track. The SP and PP tracks require deliberate preparation steps: InfyTQ certification for SP, and competitive programming performance (HackWithInfy) for PP.

In Q4 FY26, CEO Salil Parekh confirmed that Infosys now pays differently for candidates with skills attuned to AI, per the Financial Express report on Infosys campus hiring strategy. This is one reason the SP and PP track premium over SE base compensation is likely to remain: the skills that qualify you for those tracks (DSA depth, InfyTQ certification, competitive coding) partially overlap with the AI-adjacent skills Infosys is building its forward-deployed pool from. Infosys onboarded 20,000 freshers in FY26 and has confirmed the same target for FY27.

Preparing for Infosys: Where to Start

This article covers what Infosys is as a company. Preparation mechanics are in the companion articles.

The Infosys interview guide for freshers covers all three selection stages in depth: the online aptitude test format, technical interview topics with DSA coverage for the SP track, and common HR questions with suggested framing. If you are deciding between on-campus and off-campus routes, the recruitment channels overview breaks down eligibility requirements, application timing, and how InfyTQ certification fits into each channel’s shortlisting.

For aptitude practice aligned to the actual Infosys test pattern, the Infosys placement papers collection is the most time-efficient resource. The number series question bank deserves separate attention: number series appears in every recent Infosys online test and is the sub-section most students underestimate because it looks simpler than reasoning puzzles.

Infosys’s forward-deployed AI engineering pool is not filled from the SE track. It is filled from candidates who can already build something with AI tools, not just describe the theory. TinkerLLM (₹299) is where you start building that project record without committing to a longer programme.