Infosys
HackWithInfy
Infosys's flagship pan-India coding competition, run as a timed online round on HackerEarth followed by an in-person/virtual grand finale, built to surface strong competitive programmers for niche technical roles.
Brabble editorial · Updated 12 Aug 2026 · Official page
Particulars
- Organiser
- Infosys
- Mode
- Fully online, including the grand finale
- Prize / outcome
- Cash prizes for top finalists, plus PPI opportunities for the strongest performers
- Team size
- Individual
- Application fee
- Free
- Rounds
- 4
What it is
HackWithInfy is Infosys's national coding contest aimed at engineering students and recent graduates, run each year on the HackerEarth platform. It is a pure coding-skill competition rather than a build-a-product hackathon: the qualifying round is a timed problem-solving sprint, and only a small top slice advances to the finale.
Rounds
01. Registration
Free registration on the Infosys careers portal / InfyTQ platform, open to eligible graduating-year students.
02. Round 1: online coding round
A timed round on HackerEarth - recent editions required solving roughly 1.5 of 3 problems within 3 hours to advance, out of a pool that has run to tens of thousands of registrants.
03. Grand finale
Top scorers (recent editions: around the top 100) compete in a finale, historically run as a multi-hour coding round with harder problems than Round 1.
04. SP+/offer track
Strong finalists may be routed into an interview track for a pre-placement interview and niche technical role offers, on top of any cash prize for the round.
Who can enter
- B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech students, typically from the current and adjacent graduating-year batches (recent editions targeted 2024-2026 graduates - confirm the current year's exact window)
- Minimum age 18 at the time of registration
- No official CGPA/percentage cutoff has historically been enforced
- Completely free to enter
What you actually get
Finalists get a pre-placement interview (PPI) opportunity and a shot at niche technical/internship roles at Infosys, plus cash prizes for the top performers. For most participants the realistic value is the competitive-programming practice and the placement-season resume line.
Frequently asked questions
- Typically three: a timed online coding round on HackerEarth (recent editions: solve roughly 1.5 of 3 problems within 3 hours), a grand finale for the top scorers, and - for the strongest finalists - a pre-placement-interview track for Infosys roles.
- B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech students who are at least 18, generally from the current and adjacent graduating-year batches. There's historically been no official CGPA cutoff. Always confirm the current edition's exact eligible graduating years before registering.
- It's a coding contest, not a build-a-product hackathon - the qualifying round is a timed problem-solving sprint on HackerEarth, closer in format to a competitive-programming contest than a team hackathon.
- Recent editions required solving roughly 1.5 of 3 problems within the 3-hour window - meaning one full solution plus partial credit on a second, or equivalent partial-test-case coverage across problems. Exact scoring has varied by edition, so treat this as a rough benchmark, not a guarantee.
- Yes, entirely free - Infosys does not charge a registration or processing fee at any stage.
- Cash prizes for top finalists, plus - for the strongest performers - a pre-placement interview (PPI) opportunity for niche technical or internship roles at Infosys. For most entrants, the realistic value is competitive-programming practice at scale and a resume line for placement season.
- It helps, since Round 1 is a timed problem-solving sprint similar in format to Codeforces/CodeChef rounds, but there's no stated prerequisite. Students who've done a handful of contest-style problems on any judge (HackerEarth, LeetCode, Codeforces) will find the format familiar.
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More guides
Checked against aggregator reporting on the 2026 edition, 12 Aug 2026 - Infosys does not always publish full rules publicly ahead of registration opening. Round thresholds and eligible graduating years shift yearly; confirm on the official Infosys careers portal before registering.