Bangalore: MindTree , a global IT Services and Product Engineering Services Company, is scouting for engineering talent across Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 colleges and cities. MindTree is upbeat about talent beyond a select few colleges, and will use an adaptive assessment tool from Aspiring Minds—AMCAT to standardize their hiring procedure.

This hiring initiative is in partnership with Aspiring Minds, an employability solutions firm, has begun in September, 2012. Using standardized assessment tool AMCAT—India’s Largest Employability Test—candidates will be assessed on language, aptitude and functional skills. Post the assessment, the shortlisted candidates will be interviewed and once selected, will be offered appropriate roles within MindTree.

Having validated AMCAT’s capabilities to assess performance, MindTree will use an objective pre-set quality benchmark, which will help define the skill set required for an engineer to perform well in IT services roles irrespective of biases based on college or location. MindTree aims to provide engineering talent from across the country, an opportunity to work with the company based on a rigorous and objective evaluation.

“We believe that there is a large pool of untapped talent in Tier-2 and 3 cities which are not currently being tapped by large organizations” said Parthasarathy N. S., Chief Operating Officer, MindTree Limited. “We look forward to work with Aspiring Minds to streamline our campus hiring process and provide an equal opportunity to all deserving students.”

“MindTree is an aspirational company to work for amongst engineering graduates and Aspiring Minds is proud to partner with them in their innovative approach of giving equal opportunity to students across the country,” said Himanshu Aggarwal, CEO and Co-Founder, Aspiring Minds. “AMCAT has been recognized to evaluate and acquire the ‘right’ talent and simultaneously increase the reach and sourcing capability of an organization.”

AMCAT from Aspiring Minds is a suite of adaptive language, aptitude and domain evaluations tool. The tool uses nationally benchmarked and standardized assessment modules ensure reliable evaluation and strong differentiation between trainable and unemployable talent. AMCAT has been leveraged successfully across the IT arena to hire fresh talent for software engineering, software testing, IT infrastructure management and for a variety of lateral roles.