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Thirteen of 28 companies hire at mass scale, but only six are rated high difficulty, and the four that skip the HR round entirely all sit inside that six.
Quantitative aptitude appears at 16 of 28 companies and data structures at 6. Dividing each test section by its time limit shows what every assessment is measuring.
Ten of 28 companies publish a numeric gap year limit, from one year to three. Sixteen decide case by case, and which group a company sits in tells you more than the number does.
60% is the standard academic floor for Indian campus hiring, used by 19 of 28 companies. What catches students out is which marks are counted, and how.
Of 28 Indian recruiters in our database, one accepts active backlogs. The more useful finding is that "no backlogs" means four different things depending on when the company checks.
Transform your resume from a generic list into a job-winning asset with these 5 powerful Claude AI prompts.