What a GCC actually is
The three employer types compared honestly, what a GCC is not, and the awkward part nobody puts in the brochure.
The FY26 numbers
2,117 GCCs, $98.4 bn revenue, 2.36 million people. What the sector's shape means for someone with no experience.
The fresher squeeze, explained
Why IT services cut 11% while GCCs grew 12%, and where the entry-level AI jobs actually sit.
Four kinds of GCC
Delivery, engineering, transformation and centre of excellence - and which ones hire freshers at all.
The seven entry lanes
Software, data, AI operations, cloud, ER&D, BFSI and business - with an eight-week evidence plan for each.
Reading a job description
The frequency data on what Indian tech postings actually ask for, and the four-line decoder for any posting.
Pay: what is real, what is noise
Indicative bands by lane, CTC versus in-hand decoded, and the one thing that is genuinely negotiable at entry level.
The city arbitrage
Why emerging-city GCC hiring is growing 23 to 42% against high-teens in metros, and how to decide.
The one-project rule
Six things a project must contain, the forty-minute test, and why eight shallow projects is evidence you collect things.
Five project blueprints
Decision memo, pipeline, AI feature with an evaluation set, deployed service, process teardown - with difficulty ratings.
SQL to the level they test
Three levels, the four problems to solve cold, and the LEFT JOIN mistake that fails more candidates than any other.
The AI-adjacent skills
Structured output, evaluation, retrieval, workflow wiring, cost awareness - and an honest eight-week path.
GitHub and portfolio hygiene
The ninety-second recruiter read, the ninety-second engineer read, and the README template that gets you read.
LinkedIn as a search index
How recruiters search rather than read, the five fields that decide whether you appear, and outcome-language rewrites.
The referral playbook
Who to ask, in order, with the first-contact template, the conversation questions and the referral ask.
The greenfield strategy
How to find a GCC while it is being built, and the message that reaches a founding leader before the posting exists.
Programmes and hackathons
The six channel types, the government scheme that explicitly includes GCCs, and how to prepare for each format.
Careers pages and ATS
The timing rule, the channel hierarchy, what the ATS actually does, and the one-page resume shape that works.
The loop, round by round
Four rounds, what each is testing, how people fail each one, and what to do between them.
The online assessment
Coding strategy, the MCQ section that strong coders lose, and a three-week preparation plan.
The project deep-dive
The six questions you will always get, with the answer structure for each and the two-hour preparation drill.
Core CS at GCC depth
Nine topics and the depth expected, plus four answers worth memorising precisely.
The behavioural round
Eight stories to prepare, the STAR tightening rule, and the cross-cultural question handled honestly.
The ten-minute explanation test
The four-part structure that makes you sound senior, and why this is not soft-skills advice.
Internship to offer
Week one, weeks two to ten, and the conversion conversation you must initiate three weeks before the end.
Reading the offer
Six clauses that matter, eight questions to ask before signing, and two offers compared on paper.
Scam defence
Seven patterns, the three-step verification, and what to do if it has already happened.
The 90-day plan
Day by day: decide and set up, build the proof, distribute, convert.
Your 30-company target list
The sourcing order, the ten columns that make the list useful, and the twenty-minute daily discipline.
The worksheets
Five printable worksheets to fill in by hand.
Plus four appendices: a sector map of where the GCCs are, a 40-question interview bank with what each question is really testing, a glossary, a verification checklist and a full source appendix.
