What is the Ideal CGPA for Placements?
While skills and interview performance matter most, your CGPA is the primary filter used by HR departments to shortlist thousands of resumes.
Standard Service-Based Companies
- Companies: TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, Accenture
- Minimum Requirement: 60% or 6.0 - 6.5 CGPA
- No active backlogs are usually permitted.
Product-Based Companies & Startups
- Companies: Adobe, Oracle, Cisco, standard startups
- Minimum Requirement: 7.0 - 7.5 CGPA
FAANG & Super Dream Offers
- Companies: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Meta
- Minimum Requirement: Often 7.5 to 8.0 CGPA cutoff. (Though sometimes they have no strict cutoff, an 8.0+ is practically required to bypass resume screening).
Check if your current marks meet the cutoffs using the Marks to CGPA Calculator.