Banking Affairs

THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD Raju was staring at the question. He had no problem with the General Knowledge and the English sections of the question paper. He finished them in half the time of three hours allotted. His difficulty was the section of General Mathematics . In the eighth standard, he opted for Algebra so that he can continue to study Maths even after High School. The problems in the recruitment Test for clerks in THE BANK were of general nature such as Time and Work, Time and Distance etc.,. After struggling for some time he got the hang of the problems and finished the paper in time. After four months, he was called for the Interview. Another two months later, he was called for Medical Examination on 22nd of April. About 25 candidates including half a dozen girls were selected for posting in the Hyderabad branch. The male candidates were sitting on a bench, waiting to be called. They were all asked to take off their shirts to save the delay at the Doctor’s table. The candidate sitting next to Raju commented, “Here we are sitting bare chested with our shirts in our hands. I have seen in TV, in recruitment for the Army or the Police, the candidate’s height, weight and the chest expansion on full breath were noted on the candidate’s chest with chalk piece.” Raju smiled. As all the candidates were below twenty five years of age, the examination was perfunctory. The Doctor examined the chest and the back with the Stethoscope, asked the candidate to take deep breath. His ankle, knee and elbow were tapped with a rubber hammer. His throat was examined his height and weight were noted and so on. The candidate was then asked to go in to a vestibule closed on three sides with green cloth. The open side was facing the doctor who was about twelve feet away. The candidate was to go in to the enclosure and drop his pants. The Doctor looked at the naked body and nodded that the examination was over. The candidate was then instructed to report to Mr.Sarma, an official in the Establishment section. The doctor was hard pressed for time and was impatient. Sudarsan, a candidate felt that the procedure was odd. When his turn came to go in to the enclosure, he asked, “Doctor, is this really necessary? What do you gain from looking……?” THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD Raju was staring at the question. He had no problem with the General Knowledge and the English sections of the question paper. He finished them in half the time of three hours allotted. His difficulty was the section of General Mathematics . In the eighth standard, he opted for Algebra so that he can continue to study Maths even after High School. The problems in the recruitment Test for clerks in THE BANK were of general nature such as Time and Work, Time and Distance etc.,. After struggling for some time he got the hang of the problems and finished the paper in time. After four months, he was called for the Interview. Another two months later, he was called for Medical Examination on 22nd of April. About 25 candidates including half a dozen girls were selected for posting in the Hyderabad branch. The male candidates were sitting on a bench, waiting to be called. They were all asked to take off their shirts to save the delay at the Doctor’s table. The candidate sitting next to Raju commented, “Here we are sitting bare chested with our shirts in our hands. I have seen in TV, in recruitment for the Army or the Police, the candidate’s height, weight and the chest expansion on full breath were noted on the candidate’s chest with chalk piece.” Raju smiled. As all the candidates were below twenty five years of age, the examination was perfunctory. The Doctor examined the chest and the back with the Stethoscope, asked the candidate to take deep breath. His ankle, knee and elbow were tapped with a rubber hammer. His throat was examined his height and weight were noted and so on. The candidate was then asked to go in to a vestibule closed on three sides with green cloth. The open side was facing the doctor who was about twelve feet away. The candidate was to go in to the enclosure and drop his pants. The Doctor looked at the naked body and nodded that the examination was over. The candidate was then instructed to report to Mr.Sarma, an official in the Establishment section. The doctor was hard pressed for time and was impatient. Sudarsan, a candidate felt that the procedure was odd. When his turn came to go in to the enclosure, he asked, “Doctor, is this really necessary? What do you gain from looking……?”