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 Role of a Technical Interviewer
! To assess the primary and secondary technical skills of the candidate
essential to execute the tasks & responsibilities subject to the
position/job opening applied for
! To evaluate the competence of the candidate for each skill set on the
scale of E0 - E4. (E0 – Training, E1 – Exposure, E2 – Experience, E3 –
Expertise, E4 – Excellence )
! To judge the suitability of the candidate based on his/her technical
competence (recommended / not recommended).
= The candidate must necessarily be E2 level competent in any
one of the skills to qualify for the management review round.
= Highlight specific deficiency or lacunae, shortfalls and areas
of improvement if the candidate is not recommended for the
next round of interview
= If the candidate is recommended for the next round,
highlight his/her strengths, specific aptitude, experience,
suitability for any specific role or projects along with
trainable areas (if any)
! To highlight possible areas of deployment / allocation in general,
service line/technology mapping
! To provide an approximate estimation on the relevant experience of
the candidate subject to the prospective role in TCS (Refer to note on
relevant experience calculation)
! To provide an insight into TCS – Service lines, nature of projects being
undertaken across domains, technologies, platforms etc.
 Role of a Management Interviewer
! To determine the overall fitment of the candidate to the TCS culture
! To review the technical interviewer’s comments on relevant
experience and systematically calculate the relevant years of
experience of the candidate along with the corresponding
designation fitment (Refer to note on relevant experience
calculation)
! To assess the candidate’s career aspirations and his/her potential to
handle key leadership roles in future.
! To recommend probable roles and responsibilities for the
candidate in the short term, mid term and long Term.
! To highlight the career path in TCS and opportunities for job
enrichment and rotation
! To identify the key factors (push and pull) underlying the
candidate’s decision to look for a job change.
 Role of a HR Interviewer
! To assess the personality characteristics, attitude and
communication skills of the applicant coupled with other
behavioral competencies like team work, ability and willingness to
learn, etc.
! To review the designation fitment proposed by MR panel and work
out a salary fitment for the candidate. To systematically articulate
the compensation package, sub-components, key HR policies to
the applicant and address other queries if any.
! To thoroughly review the academic track record, employment
history of the candidate to explore if there are any career
gaps/breaks and identify the corresponding reasons behind the
same
! To understand the preferences / constraints of the applicant in
terms of location, notice period of the previous company, joining
date, etc.
! To inform applicant about the pre-employment medical check
and the Background check formalities.
! To cross-check if valid references have been furnished in the TCS
employment application form
! To check if the candidate has any friends, relatives, colleagues or
acquaintances who may be interested to join TCS
Guidelines to calculate relevant experience
for a candidate:
! Relevant experience is defined as the total professional experience
that an applicant has acquired during his employment history,
provided
= It is in the same career stream or function for which the
applicant has applied to TCS
= Is relevant to his/her current or future role in TCS.
! Relevant experience for any candidate should be atleast 50% of
total experience of the candidate else it is advisable not to
hire the applicant.
! The previous experience between bachelor and master degrees is
considered as relevant in case the work experience and courses
pursued were of a full time nature.
! The following experience will not be considered relevant in TCS:
= Any teaching experience in subjects not related to
Engineering, Information technology, Computer Science,
Mathematics, Statistics and other related subjects.
=Academic Internships.
=Professional experience while pursuing academic studies.
=Experience prior to graduation is not considered as relevant
Designation fitment guidelines for a candidate
Designation fitment for a candidate is the function of his/her relevant
experience to the role or position applied for at TCS.

Relevant Experience Fitment

1yr – Less than 4yrs ASE/ASA/ABA
4yrs – Less than 7 yrs ITA / SA/BA
7yrs – Less than 10 yrs Asst. Consultant
10yrs – Less than 13yrs Associate Consultant
13yrs – Less than 16yrs Consultant
16yrs – Less than 19 yrs Sr. Consultant
The Associate (S) miles Scheme
(TCS Interviewer reward & recognition scheme w.e.f 1st April 07)

Applicability:
! Applicable to all local associates in TCS India – IT services
! Applicable to IT Analyst (ITA) & above in Computer
Consultancy (CC) and all HR (Non-Recruitment) associates

How does the Associate (S) miles scheme work?

Under this scheme, each associate will be entitled to a mileage account.
The computation of miles or mileage points will be activity based.

(S)MILES COMPUTATION MATRIX

Activity based (S)miles

Guaranteed
Recruitment Type No. of (S)miles Unit of Measure Total (S)miles
(S)miles

EP RECRUITMENTS

1. Weekday interviews X1 Per Interview X1

2. Weekend Drives (Local) A X2 Per Interview (A+X2)

3. Outstation drives B X3 Per Interview (B+X3)
FRESHER RECRUITMENTS

Local Campus/DT Y1 per day Y1

Out-station Campus/DT Y2 per day Y2

! Associates can accumulate their mileage points in a mileage
account for a time line of 6 months with the onset of every financial
year.
! No carry forward of miles across half yearly’s is permitted.
! Redemption against rewards will be based on the gems as per the
TCS gems policy
! Every associate will be rewarded bonus miles after achieving a
milestone (See below table).
! On a half-yearly basis, interviewers will be classified into bronze,
silver, chrystal, gold or platinum (s)milers based on the mileage
points earned, and conferred with certificates and medals during
the branchwise (s)miles awards ceremony.

Participation (S)miles
Bonus (S)miles
Levels/Milestones earned
Bronze (S)miler 500 200
Silver (S)miler 1500 500
Chrystal (S)miler 2700 900
Gold (S)miler 4200 1300
Platinum (S)miler 6000 2000

To view the status of mileage points earned during a given month,

associates can log on to http://172.17.9.102:8090/Smiles on the 15th of
the subsequent month. The miles will be transferred to the TCS gems
portal on a month on month basis.