TCS NQT 2024 – Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Preparation Guide

TCS is one of the largest Indian companies by market capitalization ($200 billion). TCS is now placed among the most valuable IT services brands worldwide. TCS alone generates 70% dividends of its parent company, Tata Sons. In 2015, TCS was ranked 66th overall in the Forbes World’s Most Innovative Companies ranking, making it both the highest-ranked IT services company and the top Indian company. It is the world’s 7th largest IT services provider by revenue. As of December 2023, it is ranked 7th on the Fortune India 500 list.

If you wish to get hired by TCS, this exam is for you. TCS conducts TCS NQT every year to hire software developers. To help you guys with the preparation GeeksforGeeks has lanuched the TCS NQT Preparation Test Series where we have covered everything including basic to advance concepts for all three roles Ninja, Digital, and Prime. So check out now

About TCS National Qualifier Test:

• NQT (Cognitive Skills) is a prerequisite for all the tests.
• The validity of the NQT score is of two years.
• Candidates are eligible to apply on the TCS iON Job Listing Portal with an NQT score.
• NQT exams are conducted at the TCS iON centers.

Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must meet the below eligibility criteria to apply for TCS NQT:

• Students with UG, PG, and Diploma are currently in their pre-final, final year, or have passed out.
• Percentage Criteria for freshers; 60% minimum throughout X/XII/Diploma/UG/PG.
• Students with any degree of specialization are eligible to sit for TCS NQT.
• Freshers having less than 2 years of experience are eligible.

Apply Process:

• Go to the “TCS National Qualifier Test (TCS NQT)” page and click on the “Register Now” button.
• Click on the login button if you have already registered.
• Now Enter your TCS iON Digital Learning Hub credentials. Or Sign up if you are a new user by hitting on “Create Account”.
• Now,  fill in all the required details correctly.
• Click on the SUBMIT button to complete the Registration.
• After successful registration, you will get a confirmation message on your mail id and mobile number.

Important Note – The TCS NQT 2024 exam is conducted every two to four weeks and applications close 10-15 days prior to the exams. The upcoming exams will be conducted on 23rd May 2024.

The examination comprised of two rounds, and these will be conducted on the TCS iON centers.

• Foundation Round: mandatory for Ninja Aspirants
• Advanced Round: mandatory for Digital and Prime Aspirants

Foundational Section(75 minutes & 65 Questions )

Section	No. Question	Topics	Duration
Verbal Ability	25	Sentence Completion Words Completion Reading Comprehension Para jumbles Error Detection Sentence Building Arrangement Idiom Phrases	75 minutes(Shared)
Reasoning Ability	20	Blood Relations Seating Arrangement Coding-Decoding Data Sufficiency Data Arrangements Distance and Directions Statement and Conclusion Data Interpretation Syllogism topics Word Pattern Letter Series Number Series Directional Sense Cube Folding, Paper Cuts and Folds
Quantitative Ability	20	Clocks & Calendar Series and Progressions Equations, Averages Area, Shapes & Perimeter Numbers & Decimal Fractions Number System LCM & HCF Percentages Allegations and Mixtures Probability Ratios Proportion Averages Reasoning Work and Time Geometry Divisibility Profit and Loss Ages Speed Distance and Time Pie Charts Mean, Median, Mode, Variance and Standard Deviation

Advance Section(90 minutes & 22 questions)

Section	No. Question	Topics	Duration
Advanced Quantitative Ability	10	All of the Numerical Ability topics (Hard)	35 minutes(Shared)
Advanced Reasoning Ability	10	All of the Reasoning Ability topics (Hard)
Coding Section	2	Arrays Matrix String Number Series Functions Conversions Sorting Algorithms	55 minutes

Round 2:

• If you have cleared the Online test then TCS will contact you for further rounds that will include
• Technical Round: In this round, basic coding questions are asked. Some questions on computer science subjects such as DBMS, OS, CN and OOPS can also be asked. Also, you can prepare for language-specific questions that you have mentioned in the resume.
• Managerial Round: This round can have both technical or HR-based questions regarding past internship experience, resume projects, teamwork, etc.
• HR Round: This is an average HR round and contains behavioral questions and they discuss with you the compensation.

Possible Job roles you can get after clearing TCS NQT

Aspirant	Possible Job Roles	Degree & Salary Range	Cut-Off for Interview
Ninja Aspirants	Software Tester Java/Python Developer Web Developer	UG: INR 3.3 lakh PG: INR 3.6 lakh	Top 20% scorers (99-100 percentile) in TCS NQT (Part A+B) shortlisted for an interview in this category
Digital Aspirants	Full Stack Developer Web Developer Backend Developer Salesforce SAP	UG: INR 7.0 lakh PG: INR 7.3 lakh	Top 5% scorers (94-99 percentile) in TCS NQT (Part A+B) shortlisted for an interview in this category
Prime Aspirants	ML Engineer Gen AI Engineer Cyber Security Business Intelligence Data Scientist	UG: INR 9.0 lakh PG: INR 11.5 lakh	Top 1% scorers (74-94 percentile) in TCS NQT (Part A+B) shortlisted for an interview in this category

You can refer TCS Interview Archive for all the TCS Interview Experiences.