Worried About Color Blindness Affecting Your Job Offer from HDFC Bank? Let's Discuss!

Hi, help would be very much appreciated. I was selected by HDFC Bank for the post of Teller. I recently appeared for the Pre-Employment Medical Test. Everything went fine except the eye test. During the color blindness test, I could only answer 2 out of 10. The doctor told me that I am color blind. I am very tense. Please let me know if I would get the offer letter from HDFC Bank or if this will cause any problem.

Asrar Khan is right in that 'every company has their own norms'. However, you mention that the post/position is that of a Teller. This position invariably needs zero color blindness—since a lot of work would involve verifying/scrutinizing currency notes to check for fakes/genuineness. That could be the primary reason for this test to be included in the medicals in the first place.

Like Asrar Khan suggested, talk to the HR to check out if there could be other positions for you—where this will not be a disqualifying factor.

All the best.

Regards,
TS

As far as I can make out, the reason they did not find you a suitable candidate is that "color blindness" is considered a disability and a non-starter for the kind of role they needed to fill. A score of 2 out of 10 is extremely low, and I assume they would have tested you for more than 50 shades.

While I was working in a large export house engaged in textiles and soft-furnishing products, this was a criterion for the checkers in the stores and other related functions where the recognition and differentiation of fabric lots based on color shades was vital.

Regards,
PP Bhattacharya

Get yourself tested for color blindness outside as well to be sure. Banks do not accept color blindness.

Thank you.

Dear Meenududeja, please do not feel disheartened. Medical standards and fitness are essential in several jobs. Many candidates get rejected, and they have to accept it as a fact of life and look for other avenues.

I have personally known many who wanted to go into defense forces, including police, airline pilot, and several technical services, but were rejected on medical grounds. There is one case of a person in my earlier organization who was rejected as a Senior Operative (Trainee) because he was detected as having color blindness. However, later on, on compassionate grounds, he was selected for a very lower post of Pump Operator in the Water Supply Department of the Plant Township.

He was well-qualified, also a Post Graduate, and good at computers. During a special assignment, he was sent to me as a data entry operator. I came to know about his plight and found him to be very hard-working and sincere, despite the fact that he was very depressed that due to his color blindness, he was working at a much lower level than his friends.

I motivated him to take up the challenge and prepare for the Management Trainee (Administration) exam, which being of a non-technical nature, did not have 'color blindness' as a disqualification. He worked very hard and surprised me by clearing the exam on the very first attempt. It has been a few years now, and today he is a Senior Manager in the HR department.

What I wish to convey is, keep working hard to achieve your goals. Maybe, in place of a Teller, God wants you to become a Manager in that bank.

Warm regards.

I have talked to HDFC HR, and she said your medical reports have arrived. We will confirm with you within 2-3 days. I don't know why they are taking so much time. I am very tense.

I have spoken to HDFC's HR, and she mentioned that your medical reports have been received. We will confirm with you within 2-3 days. She also informed me that your offer letter has been sent for signing, and we will send it to you as soon as I receive it.