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- The TCS National Qualifier Test is an online screening exam open to every engineering student across India, regardless of the college or sub-discipline they belong to.
- This test is administered on our digital testing platform, TCS iON™.
- Through this process, selection of candidates from over 300,000 prospects can now be completed in just two days.
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TCS NATIONAL QUALIFIER TEST
With the demand for tech expertise growing at an exponential pace, there is a critical need to rethink talent acquisition at scale and deploy new methods to recognize and retrain candidates who truly fit the bill.
As part of our larger recruitment strategy, we designed the TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT or TNQT), an entry-level exam that leverages the nationwide talent ecosystem in India by going beyond college campuses. TNQT is an online screening exam open to every engineering student across the country, regardless of the college or sub-discipline they belong to. This test is administered on our digital testing platform, TCS iON™. Through this process, selection of candidates from over 300,000 prospects can now be completed in just two days.
DIGITAL ACUMEN
Apart from a career in next-generation technologies, top TNQT performers also qualify for a differentiated entry-level hiring process called TCS Digital, which offers an even more attractive compensation package.
Students who perform above a certain grade in TNQT and display higher-order thinking in the talent stream are thus identified via a separate selection process. Traditional talent acquisition techniques rarely account for such differentiation in compensation designed around a candidate’s digital acumen.
Benefits of the TCS National Qualifier Test
An infographic titled ‘Talent acquisition and development’ depicts an illustration of a businesswoman reviewing candidate profiles and a legend that reads ‘Numbers as of FY20’. It features the following text: 66% reduction in recruitment cycle Threefold increase in prospective applicant base (rise in prospect pool from 80,000 to 336,000) Sevenfold rise in registrations for the TCS National Qualifier Test from over 2,500 colleges, compared with 80,000 students across 300 colleges through the traditional model 80% drop in classroom training
Creating a deployment-ready workforce
Leveraging its strong IT infrastructure, TCS incorporated video interviews into the entry-level hiring process following TNQT.
This significantly reduced turnaround time and cost. The seamless integration of systems and processes has produced a robust technology ecosystem to conduct TNQT and hold online trainings. Web-based internal learning portals help new hires navigate the induction process while still in college and ensure deployment-ready talent as soon as formal induction is complete.
Leveraging the talent ecosystem
Rethinking talent acquisition at scale has helped TCS gain first-mover advantage in terms of democratizing campus hiring in the IT industry and has introduced an agility in the hiring process.
TNQT has also triggered industry-level disruption, with several other organizations looking to follow suit. The reimagined TCS hiring process has also brought us industry recognition – we received the CIO Disruptive 100 Award and the CIO 100 Business Transformer Award in 2019.
By tearing down limitations brought on due to distance and/or lack of infrastructure, TNQT has truly reimagined the IT recruitment process. Aspirants now find themselves assessed based solely on talent and skill, regardless of where they live or study in India. When viewed from a larger perspective, TNQT has helped further the cause of equal opportunity and has reimagined the manner in which talent is accessed, assessed, and shaped.
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