IT major Wipro on Friday revised its fresher hiring guidance for the current fiscal year (FY26), stating it now expects to onboard 7,500-8,000 graduates, down from its original target of 10,000-12,000. The adjustment comes after muted third-quarter earnings, during which the Bengaluru-based firm added only about 400 freshers to its rolls. "This quarter recruitment from campuses was muted; we had only about 400 odd freshers join (by the end of this fiscal)... We had said 10,000. I think we'll end up between 7,500-8,000," Wipro CHRO Saurabh Govil said during the company's Q3 earnings press conference. Despite the quarterly slowdown, the company's year-to-date fresher intake remains above 5,000. Wipro leadership emphasised that while volume hiring has moderated, the company is intensifying its focus on "AI-ready" talent. "From a recruitment standpoint, especially on campuses, what we have done is we have created these Centres of Excellence 50 of them across different universities, w