If you are an engineering student aspiring to work in a prestigious MNC, then HackWithInfy is one of the topmost competitive exams you should consider. Organised by Infosys, HackWithInfy is a pre-placement coding competition, including an interview round. If you crack it, you can join India’s one of the most prestigious software companies, Infosys, as a Power Programmer and a System Engineer Specialist.
In this article, we have brought you your complete guide to HackWithInfy and a bulletproof HackWithInfy preparation strategy that can help you perform best in the upcoming exam.
What is HackWithInfy?
HackWithinfy is a coding competition for second and pre-final-year engineering students to work in Infosys. It will be conducted consecutively in the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 across India.
In this exam, the participants will have to solve questions within the given time frame. The top performers in the exam will get a chance to appear for an interview with the Infosys panel. And if the candidate clears the interview, they are directly appointed to work with Infosys. Last year the first round was held in March, and the final round was held in July. However, the current year’s exam dates will be announced soon.
Why Should You Focus on Cracking HackWithInfy
Apart from getting an opportunity to work with one of the most prestigious IT companies in India and abroad, clearing HackWithInfy with good scores has some other benefits as well, like:
- Prize money of INR 2,00,000, INR 1,00,000, and INR 50,000 is awarded to the top performers.
- Â Top performers holding good ranks will get full-time jobs and internship opportunities with Infosys.
-  Lucrative salary is another benefit of performing well in the exam. For example, the Power programmer will get a salary of around Rs 8 lakhs per annum, the Digital System Engineer’s salary will be around Rs 6 lakhs per annum, and System Engineer Specialist’s salary will be around 5 lakhs per annum.
Eligibility Criteria of HackWithInfy Test
Students of B.E./ B.Tech/M.E./M. Tech, are eligible for the competition. The participant should be 18 years or above and must be a resident of India at the time of registration.
Right now, the registrations are open for engineering students who are graduating in the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 across India. You can get more details about the eligibility criteria and registration process from the Infosys career page.
What Should be Your Preparation Strategy for HackWithInfy?
There are two overall rounds in the HackWithInfy coding competition. The first round is the coding round, and the second is the interview round.
1. Coding Round
The first round will be held online. Though the syllabus is not fixed, in this round, the participants will have to solve around 3 coding questions of easy to hard level on any coding platforms.
Some of the important topics which the participants should be aware of are:
- Backtracking
- Dynamic Programming
- Greedy Algorithms
- Stack
- Graph
- Tree
- String Manipulation
- Array Manipulation
- Mapping Concepts
- Queue
- Recursion and Heap
- Divide and Conquer
2. For the Interview Round
The second round will be a hackathon of the top 100 participants followed by a technical interview having questions from DSA, DBMS, Computer Architecture Basics, Computer Networking, Operating Systems, OOPS Basics and the latest technology. The participants can also expect interview questions related to coding from topics given in the first round.
Be prepared with your resume well in advance. The interview round will be more of a personality test rather than testing your coding knowledge. It will be your approach towards coding that the recruiters would be interested in asses.
A Few Vital Tips
Only top performers of HackWithInfy get a chance to work with Infosys. And when it comes to preparation, then practice is the key. Here is a list of some quick tips that can help you with your preparation strategy:
- Have good command over programming.
- Choose a coding platform where you can practise regularly. HackerRank is one such website where programmers come together to practise coding questions.
- Try to develop a good speed because if you type a wrong code, you should be able to recheck, resolve and retype it.
- Managing stress would be great for performing best during the exam, but this is only possible if you practise hard.
- To get the hang of the type of questions asked in HackWithInfy, it is crucial to solve the previous years’ questions.
Final Note
HackWithInfy can be a stepping stone for budding full-stack developers. It would allow you to be part of India’s one of leading software companies.
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