Infosys has deferred online hiring examinations and in-person evaluations for specialist programmer and digital systems engineer roles, as reported by Times of India. This decision affects more than 20,000 candidates after the IT services major detected several cases of impersonation and malpractice during its recruitment process. The company took the decision after detecting attempts to compromise the integrity of the assessment process and has since strengthened its verification mechanisms and introduced additional safeguards. In a communication sent to candidates, Infosys said, "We have an update regarding the online hiring exam for the specialist programmer (Trainee) and digital specialist engineer (trainee) roles. The scheduled assessment has been deferred," as quoted by Times of India. The company added that revised dates would be announced once the updated assessment plan is finalized.
As reported by Times of India, the company emphasised that this deferment does not impact its hiring commitments and stated it remains focused on identifying, hiring, and nurturing top talent. The tech giant will continue its aggressive campus hiring programme, having onboarded more than 20,000 fresh graduates in FY26 and indicating a comparable intake target for FY27. According to Times of India reports, Infosys conducts its recruitment evaluations via Infosys Springboard, its proprietary digital learning and skilling platform with a user base exceeding 15 million users, including employees, students, teachers, client workforces and members of local communities.
During FY26, Infosys processed approximately 5.8 million job applications, conducted 450,901 interviews, and extended 87,286 employment offers, excluding any recruitment done by its subsidiary companies, as reported by Times of India. The company had previously highlighted challenges associated with virtual hiring, including fake profiles, difficulties in building candidate rapport and technical issues that can affect assessment quality. Last year, the IT major transitioned from a fully virtual hiring model to a hybrid framework that combines online and in-person assessments.
This procedural shift follows the termination of roughly 600 freshers at the company's Mysuru campus last year, as reported by Times of India. The trainees were let go after failing internal competency assessments, despite being offered three separate attempts to pass them. The sheer scale of the company's talent pipeline remains massive, with the company having previously identified significant bottlenecks in entirely virtual recruitment, including fake profiles and technical glitches that compromise assessment quality.
