Company playbook · TCS

How TCS hires, and how to get in: 2026

TCS publishes the rupee CTC for its Prime and Digital fresher bands, and the floor for Ninja, on its own careers page, so the number people hunt for on forums has been on tcs.com all along: ₹3.4 lakh minimum for a Ninja UG offer against ₹9.09 lakh at the bottom of the Prime UG range, decided by one 190 minute test. This playbook sets out the seven published eligibility rules, the pay disclosures in the annual report, the BRSR and the UK filings, and what the 23,460 fall in headcount over FY26 means for your application. Where TCS publishes nothing, on cut-offs, interview content, service agreements and notice periods, it says so and prints nothing.

Company playbookPublished 21 September 2026·Every figure checked 21 September 2026·15 min read
23,460
Fall in headcount over FY26, from 607,979 to 584,519
TCS Q4 FY26 fact sheet, 9 Apr 2026
₹3.4 lakh
Minimum CTC TCS publishes for a Ninja UG offer, against ₹9.09 lakh for Prime UG
TCS All India NQT Hiring page
13.6%
Voluntary LTM attrition in IT services, year to June 2026
TCS Q1 FY27 fact sheet, 9 Jul 2026
332.8
CEO to median employee remuneration ratio, FY26, with median pay up 5.1%
TCS Annual Report 2025-26
Section 01

How the door opens

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TCS publishes the actual rupee CTC attached to two of its three fresher bands on its own careers page, which means the single number people usually try to find on forums has been sitting on tcs.com the whole time.

That matters more than it sounds. TCS's All India NQT Hiring page sets out what a Prime offer and a Digital offer pay, and states the floor for a Ninja offer. It also states, in one sentence, how you end up in one band rather than another: "Based on the test performance, candidates will qualify for Prime, Digital or Ninja interviews." Read that carefully. The test does not get you an interview. The test decides which interview you sit, and the band you are interviewing for has already been priced before you walk in. The pay conversation at TCS happens on test day, not in the HR round.

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Section 02

What it pays, from the filings

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