How to Get Placed at Infosys in 2026: Fresher Roadmap

Getting placed at Infosys in 2026 starts with one decision: which of the three hiring tracks are you targeting?

The Three Infosys Hiring Tracks

Infosys recruits freshers through three distinct tracks. Each differs on starting CTC, selection method, and how demanding the preparation needs to be.

Track	CTC	Primary route	Core requirement
System Engineer (SE)	₹3.6 LPA	On-campus or off-campus drive	6.0 CGPA; online aptitude test and interviews
Specialist Programmer (SP)	₹6.5 LPA	On-campus or off-campus drive	Stronger coding section; InfyTQ certification preferred
Power Programmer (PP)	₹9.5 LPA	HackWithInfy coding contest	7.5+ CGPA; top HackWithInfy performance

SE is the main fresher pipeline and where the bulk of campus placements land each year. SP doubles the SE package, with the key differentiator being a harder coding component and a preference for InfyTQ-certified candidates. PP is a small cohort drawn from top performers in HackWithInfy, Infosys’s annual coding contest.

InfyTQ is Infosys’s own learning and certification platform. It is free to join. Completing the certifications listed there is the most direct step a student can take when targeting SP over SE. For PP, competitive programming depth and a CGPA of 7.5 or above are both required alongside top HackWithInfy performance.

For a full breakdown of how to access each route, including the referral drive, see the Infosys recruitment channels guide.

Eligibility and Application Requirements

Standard eligibility across the SE and SP tracks:

• Degree: B.E., B.Tech, M.E., M.Tech, MCA, or M.Sc (all disciplines; CSE, IT, ECE, and EEE streams see higher shortlist rates in most cohorts)
• CGPA: 6.0 or above for SE; 7.5 or above for the PP track
• Backlogs: none active at the time of the drive
• Graduation year: check the specific drive notification for the eligible passing-year range

Infosys revises eligibility by cohort and by drive type. The safest approach is to verify directly on the Infosys careers portal before applying, rather than relying on figures from older articles or third-party summaries.

Branch-wise shortlist rates vary, but they are not disqualifying. ECE, EEE, and IT graduates regularly clear Infosys drives. The online test and interview rounds assess general aptitude and CS fundamentals, not branch-specific knowledge.

The Online Aptitude Test: Pattern and Prep

The Infosys online test has three core sections. SP candidates sit a fourth coding section on top of these.

Section	What it tests	High-yield topics
Quantitative ability	Number operations and data interpretation	Number series, percentages, ratios, time and work
Logical reasoning	Pattern and relationship reasoning	Syllogisms, seating arrangements, coding-decoding
Verbal ability	Reading accuracy and language	Reading comprehension main idea; sentence correction
Coding (SP only)	Data structures and algorithms	Trees, graphs, dynamic programming at easy-medium level

The quantitative section rewards pattern recognition more than raw calculation speed. Number series questions, in particular, repeat recognisable sequence types across drives. The Infosys placement papers archive indexes past test questions by topic with full solutions and is worth working through by topic before moving to full mocks.

For logical reasoning, the question types are consistent across drives: syllogisms, blood relations, direction-based problems, and seating arrangements together account for most of the section. The Infosys logical reasoning practice bank breaks these down by question type with explained answers.

Verbal ability is where students often leave marks behind. Reading comprehension passages require one careful reading, noting the main idea, then answering strictly from the text. Sentence correction questions test subject-verb agreement and parallel construction, not advanced grammar rules. Twenty minutes of focused daily practice on both types for two weeks produces a measurable difference in accuracy.

One preparation mistake worth naming: drilling topic-wise questions without ever running a timed full-length mock. Three timed mocks under actual test conditions give more useful feedback than two hundred topic drills without a clock. Schedule the mocks after completing all topic passes, not mid-prep.

An Eight-Week Preparation Timeline

This timeline works for a student targeting SE or SP from a standing start. Students who have done aptitude prep for other companies can compress the first four weeks.

Weeks 1 and 2: Quantitative and Logical Foundations

Cover number series, percentages, ratios, profit and loss, time and work, and the core logical reasoning question types. Keep a topic-wise error log. Avoid jumping to full mocks before completing this pass. The foundation work is where time is most efficiently spent.

Weeks 3 and 4: Verbal Ability and InfyTQ (SP Track)

Work on reading comprehension and sentence correction daily. If targeting SP, start InfyTQ certification in week 3. Basic InfyTQ certification requires two to four weeks at a moderate pace.

Weeks 5 and 6: Timed Full-Length Mocks

Switch to timed full-length mock tests. Three mocks at minimum. After each mock, spend more review time on wrong answers than on the attempt itself. The post-mock review is where the actual improvement happens, not the test-taking.

Weeks 7 and 8: Technical Interview Preparation

Revise CS fundamentals: data types, arrays, pointers in C, OOP concepts, and basic SQL. Prepare specific answers to standard HR prompts. If you have a study group, run one or two mock technical interviews before the actual round.

For SP candidates: add DSA practice covering trees, graphs, and dynamic programming at easy-to-medium difficulty across weeks 5 through 8, in parallel with the mock phase.

What the Interview Rounds Test

After the online test, Infosys runs a technical interview followed by an HR interview. The SE technical round covers CS basics: arrays, loops, OOP principles, and straightforward SQL queries. SP technical rounds go deeper into data structures and sometimes include a live coding problem.

Three habits that consistently help in the technical round:

• Explaining your reasoning out loud, not just writing code in silence
• Stating clearly what you have not studied (“I haven’t gone deep on this topic”) rather than guessing and getting caught
• Connecting a concept to something you actually built — a project, an assignment, an internship task

The HR round runs roughly 20 to 30 minutes. Standard prompts include: introduce yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, your five-year plan, and why Infosys. Answers that reference specific examples (a real academic project, a real challenge you worked through, a real technology interest) read very differently from scripted responses. Interviewers register the difference quickly.

For a full walkthrough of both interview rounds, including common technical questions by topic, see the Infosys fresher interview guide.

AI-Attuned Skills and the Pay Premium

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh confirmed in Q4 FY26 earnings that Infosys now pays different starting compensation for candidates with AI-attuned skills. The company is building a pool of forward-deployed engineers to work directly with clients on AI solution work. Infosys onboarded 20,000 freshers in FY26 and plans similar numbers for FY27.

This is a structural shift. Within that fresher pool, the roles carrying differentiated pay are increasingly those requiring AI tooling skills rather than general application development. The three-track pay structure (SE, SP, PP) was already a coding-depth signal. AI capability is extending that curve.

For SE-track preparation, this is background context. SE prep remains aptitude, CS fundamentals, and a competent HR interview. For students targeting SP or PP, the signal is more direct: the gap between general coding ability and AI-applicable skills is now a measurable compensation differentiator at Infosys.

SP or PP candidates who want AI fundamentals before placement season can start with TinkerLLM at ₹499. It offers hands-on LLM exercises that test whether you have the foundation for AI-adjacent work.