Campus selection rules made more stringent

IT services firm Infosys Technologies has made its campus selection process more stringent this year by increasing the cut-off marks and visiting a fewer engineering colleges.

Company Senior Vice-President and Group Head, HR Nandita Gurjar said the company visited just 300 engineering colleges against the usual 1,000, and gave more than 18,000 offer letters. "We have actually increased our tests, percentage cut-offs, which helped us in picking the top students across colleges," she said.

The compensation being offered by the company has, however, remained at the 2009-level. Infosys has given an average salary of Rs 3.25 lakh this year. The campus recruits will start joining the company after June this year.

Gurjar also said Infosys was the biggest recruiter from B-schools across the country and gave offers to 441 students with a 93 per cent conversion.

Besides, the company has hired 15 IIM graduates this year, mostly for its global sales roles.