Early career hiring calendar
India-first application planning for software engineering internships and new graduate roles at Meta, Apple, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft.
Last checked: 29 October 2026. This is a planning calendar, not a list of open jobs or guaranteed application dates. “No verified India window” means the linked official sources do not establish a recurring India software engineering schedule. Check each live role for its own location, degree, graduation year, and closing date before applying.
| Company | Path | Observed application window or evidence | Who should check | Official careers link | When to check (planning advice) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Software engineering internship | No verified India window. Meta's Students and Grads page describes the early-career route but does not give an India software engineering application calendar. | Students who meet the requirements of an individual India posting; degree and graduation-year rules vary by role. | Meta job search | Check India-filtered roles weekly during term and more often when your campus placement season begins. |
| Meta | New grad software engineering | No verified India window. The same Students and Grads page includes recent graduates without an India posting schedule. | Recent graduates who match a specific university-grad or entry-level role. | Meta job search | Start checking before graduation and continue weekly; apply when an eligible India role appears. |
| Apple | Software engineering internship | No verified India window. Apple's India internship search showed no matching roles on the check date. This is a search snapshot, not evidence that Apple never hires India interns. | Students meeting the education and availability requirements in a particular posting. | Apple India internship search | Check the India search weekly; broaden the team filter because software interns can appear under engineering teams. |
| Apple | New grad software engineering | No verified India window. Apple's India jobs search has dated, role-by-role listings, but no fixed new-grad software engineering season. | Graduates matching the experience and degree requirements of each India role. | Apple India jobs | Check weekly around graduation and use role keywords rather than assuming a separate graduate intake. |
| Netflix | Software engineering internship | Recurring pattern, not an India deadline: Netflix says intern roles usually begin posting on a rolling basis in late summer or early fall, sometimes through the following spring. Its internship page says the program includes India. | University students pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree, subject to each role's location and requirements. | Netflix internships | Check from August through spring, especially weekly in late summer and fall; filter for India before applying. |
| Netflix | New grad software engineering | US only: Netflix says new-grad roles are typically posted in late September or October, and its new-grad program page describes hiring within the United States. No India new-grad window verified. | US new grads under the program; India applicants should use the general jobs search and read each role's eligibility. | Netflix jobs | For India, check the jobs search weekly; do not treat the US September–October pattern as an India deadline. |
| Software engineering internship | No recurring India window verified. An India software engineering PhD internship for summer 2027 shows that timing and degree level vary by role. A separate application-engineering intern posting had a 15 September 2026 deadline; that expired example has since been taken down and is not a software engineering internship deadline. | Students whose degree level and graduation date match the specific India role; the cited software engineering example requires a PhD in progress. | Google India jobs | Check weekly, particularly before summer and winter internship starts; act on each posting's own deadline. | |
| New grad software engineering | No verified India window for a general new-grad software engineering intake. Google's India early-career search lists roles individually; title, level, and degree requirements must be checked on each listing. | Graduates who meet the specific role's degree and experience requirements. | Google India early-career jobs | Check weekly before and after graduation; search “university graduate” and “early career” alongside software engineering. | |
| Microsoft | Software engineering internship | No verified India application window. Microsoft's India internship eligibility rules identify university interns as pre-final-year students in a relevant course, with a further year remaining after the internship. | For University Intern roles in India, pre-final-year students meeting the posted program rules; check each role for additional requirements. | Microsoft university internships | Check the student jobs search weekly during the pre-final year, especially ahead of your university's internship term. |
| Microsoft | New grad software engineering | No verified India window. Microsoft's recent-graduate page describes its graduate pathway but gives no India software engineering opening month. | Graduates who meet each role's qualifications; the page does not state one universal graduation-year rule. | Microsoft early-career jobs | Check India-filtered student and graduate roles weekly before graduation and until you find a suitable opening. |
How to use this calendar
- Open the official search link and filter to India and the relevant engineering role.
- Read the live posting's degree, graduation-year, work-location, and application-deadline requirements. A dated example above may already have closed.
- Apply when an eligible role appears. The suggested check cadence is our recommendation, not a company-announced recruiting cycle.
For interview preparation after applying, the Amazon SDE Intern track remains a separate resource.