India’s second-largest IT services company, Infosys, added 8,203 employees during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2025-26. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of headcount addition for the company. Infosys’ employee count has jumped by 14,203 from a year ago. The Bengaluru-headquartered company reported these numbers while announcing its second quarter financial numbers. In comparison, in the previous quarter ending June, Infosys had added only 210 employees. At the end of the September quarter, it had 3,31,991 employees, higher than the June quarter’s 3,23,788.
Infosys sends employees to campus for hiring drive
During the quarter, Infosys reportedly invited its senior employees to be on panels to visit colleges and interview students for jobs at the software giant, signalling a revival of campus hiring after two years. Their remit would be to visit colleges across the country and recruit digital specialist engineers (DSE).According to a report in Economic Times, this is the first time that Infosys sent a mass email to senior employees at the job levels of manager and above. As per the email seen by ET, Infosys executives are asked to assess the potential candidates on programming fundamentals and problem-solving skills required for entry-level DSE roles.The email said that senior employees at job-level five (JL5) and above with at least one year of service at the company and with a performance rating of ‘met expectations’ or above can offer themselves to be on the panels. It said that they will visit campuses and conduct in-person interviews for roles at its development centres pan-India.
Infosys second quarter profit jumps 13%
On October 16, Infosys posted a 13.2 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 7,364 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2025. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 6,506 crore in the same period a year ago.Revenue from operations grew 8.6 per cent to Rs 44,490 crore during the quarter from Rs 40,986 crore a year ago. The company increased the lower base of the growth outlook for FY26 to 2-3 per cent in constant currency terms from 1-3 per cent it had projected in the June 2025 quarter.“We had a strong performance in Q2. Our operating margin was 21 per cent. Deals were at USD 3.1 billion out of which 67 per cent were net new work. In addition, we announced a mega deal worth USD 1.6 billion after the close of the quarter. We have added 8,000 employees during the quarter,” Infosys MD and CEO Salil Parikh said.Infosys announced an interim dividend of Rs 23 per share, an increase of 9.5 per cent over the last fiscal.
