TCS HackQuest 2025 Hiring For Freshers Graduates- Apply Now

TCS HackQuest 2025 Details:

About the contest: HackQuest started in 2016 to unearth talents who excel in playing their favourite game – Catch the Flag! Based on the popular ‘Catch the Flag’ (CTF) format, the contest presents challenges to be completed in 6 hours. The set of challenges will be presented in 3 categories- 1. Beginner, 2- Intermediate, 3-Expert. The participants are free to choose challenges from distinct categories and are encouraged to attempt all challenges across all categories and demonstrate their ability to handle different scenarios. In the end, associates are awarded special prizes and potential job offers from TCS in the cybersecurity unit.

Participants: Freshers Graduates

Program Type: Competition(Job Offer+Prizes)

Job Profile: Top Performers will get TCS Ninja, Digital Offers

Degree Required: B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech/BCA/MCA/BSc/MSc

Batch Eligible: 2025

Experience Required: Freshers

Cash prizes: Rs. 5 Lakhs

Competition Location: Virtual(Online)

Last Date: 23 January 2025

TCS HackQuest 2025: Detailed Eligibility:

Educational Qualification for TCS HackQuest 2025: 

The Contest is open to students (enrolled in any recognized college /university / academic institute) in India who will be graduating in the academic year 2025 with any of the following degrees in any specialization:

• • • Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech)
    • Bachelor of Engineering (B.E)
    • Master of Technology (M. Tech)
    • Master of Engineering (M.E.)
    • Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.)
    • Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.)
    • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. – B.S.)
    • Master of Science (M.Sc. – M.S.)

• TCS reserves the right to take necessary steps and seek any relevant documents to verify the eligibility of the participants mentioned above.
• The contest will be considered void if participation in the contest and/or conducting the contest is prohibited by law.

Participants trained in the below security domains will have an added advantage while participating in the contest:

• Application Security
• Network security
• Java/J2EE, PHP, Python. GO
• Information security and risk management
• Ethical hacking
• Digital forensics
• Threat hunting
• Malware Analysis/Reverse Engineering
• Any security-specific certification like Security+, CEH, ISO 27001, etc.

TCS HackQuest 2025 Prizes:

• The top performing Participants who clear Round 2 may stand a chance to receive ‘Ninja or Digital’ provisional job offers subject to the interview process and other selection criteria as per TCS’ sole discretion and policies in effect.
• The top 10 Participants from Round 2 will be invited to attend the award ceremony and interact with TCS leadership.
• Certification of merit will be awarded to all top performing Participants.
• Exceptional performers will be given a chance to work with the TCS Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence.

TCS HackQuest Contest Rounds 2025:

The contest will be conducted in two rounds.

• Round 1 – It is an online ‘Catch the Flag’ competition where all participants can take part and they will be shortlisted for next rounds basis qualification.
• Participants shortlisted after ‘Round 1’ will move to the second round (“Round 2”)
• Round 2 – It will be conducted over (Microsoft TEAMS/Webex) and participants will have to keep their camera switched ‘ON’ during the entire period of ‘Round 2’
• The final round will be conducted in person. It will be a Jury evaluation round at TCS premises. The details of which will be intimated to the qualified participants.
• TCS will arrange for remote modalities of evaluating a select list of participants from Round 1. Shortlisted participants are required to stay tuned for real-time updates on Round 2, dates, format etc. Participants shall be solely responsible for keeping track of the announcements and participating accordingly.

Round 1 – 25 January 2025 (from 10 AM to 4 PM)

This will be an online challenge-based test where the participants will be required to log on to an online application with a set of challenge statements. These tests will require the participants to demonstrate their ethical hacking skills and their specific competency in security challenges. The set of challenge statements will be presented in three (3) categories:

• • • Beginner level challenges
    • Intermediate level challenges
    • Expert level challenges

• Round 1 will be for six (6) hours duration during which all the participants are required to use their skills and solve the challenge statement(s) (according to the category chosen) and submit the flags captured in the online portal.

Round 2

• Participants selected from ‘Round 1’ will be eligible to participate in ‘Round 2.’ Round 2 will be conducted in a remote environment and will be proctored by the TCS team.

Activity 1: Penetration testing on hosted challenges

• The participant would be provided with the hosted challenge statements which he/she is expected to solve by using his/her intuitive skills. Challenge statements in this round might require expertise in the following areas as well:
  • System exploitation
  • Penetration testing of web applications
  • Mobile Security
  • Digital forensics
  • Threat hunting
  • Incident response
  • Source code analysis
  • Scoring will be based on the flags captured by the participants in above mentioned topics

Activity 2: Case Explanation (3-4 hours) – Remotely

• Shortlisted participants will be invited for a case explanation round. In this round, participants will be required to explain their approach to solving challenge statement(s) and answer the queries posed by the jury panel.

How to Apply for TCS HackQuest 2025?

Candidates can register for the contest with the given below link and must have a valid CT/DT ID on or before 23 January 2025.

For more Info: Click here.

To register for contest: Click here.

TCS Next Step(To create valid CT/DT ID): Click here.

NOTE: TCS NextStep reference ID (CT/DT number) is mandatory for participating in the contest.