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TCS, a leading Indian IT services company, is valued at $80 billion and ranks among the world’s top four most valuable IT services brands. It accounts for 70% of the dividends paid by Tata Sons, its parent company. In 2015, Forbes ranked TCS as the 66th most innovative company in the world, making it the highest-ranked IT services company and the top Indian company. TCS is also the world’s 10th largest IT services provider by revenue and ranks 10th on the Fortune India 500 list.
TCS Codevita, a global coding competition organized by TCS for engineering students, is one of the largest coding competitions in India. It is a 24-hour online competition with three rounds. Students can only participate once in their lifetime. Due to its global scope, the difficulty level is high.
The winner of TCS Codevita gets the “World’s Best Coder” title and prize money of $20,000.
This article will discuss the rounds, syllabus, and rewards for TCS Codevita.
Let’s get started.
TCS CodeVita Rounds
There are three rounds in TCS Codevita-: Pre-qualifier, Qualifier and Grand Finale.
Round 1(Pre-Qualifier):
- You have 6 hours online coding challenge.
- It should be complete within 24-hours at your comfort times.
- If you qualified this round with a good rank there may be high chances to get an interview with TCS.
Round 2 (Qualifier):
- Shortlisted students from Round 1 will get a chance to attend Round 2.
- You will get 6 hours to complete questions but this time questions will be difficult than round 1.
- The benefit of getting a good rank in this round is a good hike and a chance to get allocated in the latest technology project.
Round 3 (Finale):
- You will get an invitation to one of any TCS Campus for this round and participants who are from another country out of India their expenses are held by TCS.
- Top 3 Rankers will get a chance to win USD 20,000.
TCS CodeVita Syllabus
There is as such no defined syllabus for TCS Codevita. However, you can expect 0 to 4 questions from the below-mentioned topics.
- Array
- String
- Stack
- Queue
- Linked List
- Tree
- Graph
- Map
- Dynamic Programming
- Greedy Algorithm
- Backtracking
- Recursion
After studying the topics mentioned above, you can also study condition statements, operators, time complexity, space complexity, data types, exception handling, frameworks etc.
Below is a topic-wise analysis of each topic.
| Topic | Difficulty Level | Importance |
| Array | High | High |
| String | High | High |
| Stack | High | Medium |
| Queue | High | Medium |
| Linked List | High | High |
| Tree | High | Medium |
| Graph | High | Medium |
| Map | High | High |
| Dynamic Programming | High | Medium |
| Greedy Algorithm | High | Medium |
| Backtracking | High | Medium |
| Recursion | High | Medium |
TCS CodeVita Rewards
- If your round 1 goes well, you will probably get an offer for the Ninja Profile at TCS with an annual salary of 3-4 LPA.
- If your round 2 goes well, you will probably get an offer for the Digital Profile at TCS with an annual salary of 7-8 LPA.
- If you pass the grand finale, the top three winners will receive total prize money of $20,000 and a great job offer at TCS.
How to Register For CodeVita ?
You can register for codevita from below link
FAQs
- What is TCS Codevita?
TCS Codevita is one of the largest coding competitions organised by TCS for the engineering students of India. It is a 24-hour long online coding competition consisting of 3 rounds. The students can participate in TCS Codevita only once in their lifetime. Since it is a global competition, the difficulty level is hard.
- Is there any registration fee for TCS Codevita?
No, participation in TCS Codevita is entirely free. Neither TCS nor your university will charge you any amount.
- How many rounds are there in TCS Codevita?
There are a total of three rounds in TCS Codevita-: Pre-qualifier (Round 1), Qualifier (Round 2) and Grand Finale (Round 3). An interview will follow each round.
- What is the eligibility criteria for TCS Codevita?
For 2022, the students who graduated in 2020 and 2021 or will graduate in 2022-2025 from any branch can participate. But the minimum age of the candidate must be 18 years.
- What are the rewards for TCS Codevita?
- If your round 1 goes well, you will probably get an offer for the Ninja Profile at TCS with an annual salary of 3-4 LPA.
- If your round 2 goes well, you will probably get an offer for the Digital Profile at TCS with an annual salary of 7-8 LPA.
- If you pass the grand finale, the top three winners will receive total prize money of $20,000 and a great job offer at TCS.
