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2,500 IT freshers to be given pink slips for failing screening test: Report

The screening tests may also get more stringent as the firms are under pressure to honour campus offers but are already overstaffed

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Indian IT companies may lay off about 2,500 recent recruits for failing the internal assessment tests, a report by Mint said. The layoffs will be based on screening tests that generally take place within a year of a recruit's joining to assess whether they will match the client's needs. 
 
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