TCS HackQuest 2023 | Hiring Freshers of any Background as Trainee | 2022/2023 Batches can Apply

 TCS HackQuest 2023 | Hiring Freshers of any Background as Trainee | 2022/2023 Batches can Apply

Participation

The contest is open for the 2022 and 2023 batch of B.Tech / M.Tech / BCA / MCA / BSc / MSc from all disciplines and all the relevant institutes in India.

Discipline

Students from all IT & Computer Science related disciplines with bachelor's or master's degree are eligible for the contest provided that they meet the TCS recruitment criteria. Candidates trained in Security domains as listed below would be given more preference:

• Application Security
• Network Security
• Java/J2EE, php, python. GO
• Information security and risk management
• Ethical Hacking
• Any Security specific certification like Security+, CEH, ISO 27001, etc.

• This event is conducted in two rounds. First round is an online Catch the Flag competition where all registered students can participate, and they will be shortlisted for further sub-rounds.
• Participants shortlisted after Round 1 will move to Round 2, where they may be interviewed over Video Call/MS Teams/Webex by the TCS Cyber Security interview panel.
• This is an individual contest. No team participation is permitted.
• Once the contest registration begins, all interested and eligible participants will be required to register for the contest on https://www.tcshackquest.com with a valid CT/DT ID. To create a valid CT/DT ID, participant will have to login to TCS NextStep Portal, click on Register in the IT segment (Not BPS), fill in the fields and submit. The candidate will receive a pop-up with their CT/DT ID.
• Entries submitted after the registration end-date will not be considered for evaluation.
• For the first round, to login to the portal and access the challenges, we recommend the below mentioned specifications
• Registration:
• Any number of students can register for the contest. Participants should be above 18 years of age and would have completed their graduation in the Academic year of 2021-2022 or 2022-2023 only.
• Students can participate in this contest after registering in TCS' NextStep Portal - TCS NextStep to generate a CT/DT ID in the IT Segment (Not BPS). Remember: (CT)/ Direct Trainee (DT) Reference Number is mandatory for participating in the contest.
• Each participant who has registered to participate in Hackquest will be receiving a unique credential to take part in the contest. This credential is of utmost importance and should not be shared with other participants.
• Registration Start Date – 11th Nov 2022
• Registration End Date – 1st Jan 2023

• Round 1

  • This will be an online test, where the candidates would be required to log on to an online application with a set of challenges / questions to test their skills on ethical hacking and their specific competency in security challenges. The URL of the application will be shared before the contest.
  • The contest is of 6 hours long in which all the participants are required to use their skills to solve the challenges and submit the Flags captured in the online portal.
  • Post to completion of solving a challenge, participants need to capture a screenshot of the Flag with timestamp visible and prepare a detailed report in the template provided with a step-by-step approach for solving a particular challenge.
  • This report should be uploaded on the hackquest portal before the deadline as mentioned.
  • Uploading of this report to the hackquest portal is mandatory and any participant failing to upload the report will NOT be considered for further evaluation. This will result in automatic disqualification of the candidate for that edition of HackQuest as well. Please also make sure that the report is original and does not match with another contestant in which case, both contestants would be rendered ineligible for further editions of HackQuest.
  • Maximum size of the report should not be more than 6MB.
  • Participants are free to use tools for their choice. Using of tools which sends huge amount of traffic or tampering with the App which hosts the challenges is strictly prohibited. If any participant is found violating this, he/she will be disqualified immediately from the remainder of the contest.
  • Round 2: 
  • Candidates selected from Round 1, based on above-mentioned evaluation criteria will be invited for a remotely conducted additional round, which will be communicated to shortlisted candidates later.

  • Day 1:

    Activity 1: Penetration testing on hosted challenges

    This would be an individual activity. The candidates would be provided with some challenges, which each participant is expected to solve by using their advanced skills. Challenges in this round cover below mentioned topics:

  • • System exploitation
    • Penetration testing of web Applications
    • Mobile security
    • Digital forensics
    • Incident Response
    • Source Code Analysis Scoring will be based on the flags captured by the participants in above mentioned topics.

    • Activity 2: HR & MR Interviews (3-4 hours) - Remotely

      Day 2:

      Grand Finale Ceremony (1-2 hours) – The event will be conducted virtually (Physically - to be confirmed).

      Winner Announcement:

      • The top performing candidates who clear Round 2 stand a chance to receive Ninja or Digital job offers. (Evaluation will be based on your performance only).
      • Winners will be awarded with exciting prizes worth up to 5 Lakhs.
      • Exceptional performers will be given chance to work with Centre of Excellence teams.
      • Register on this link www.tinyurl.com/gjust-hcltech & https://www.tcshackquest.com/about