Rural Carrier Associate applicants have rated the interview process at US Postal Service with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Rural Carrier Associate roles take an average of 51 days to get hired, when considering 216 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at US Postal Service overall takes an average of 47 days.
Common stages of the interview process at US Postal Service as a Rural Carrier Associate according to 216 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 19%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Presentation: 4%
Phone interview: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Greenville, SC) in Feb 2013
Interview
About 40 minutes long; half of it they talked about themselves and what was going on in their lives. They asked how you would handle angry customers, why you should be chosen for the position, and if you could multitask. After you are chosen, you go for the drug and background checks. Then you go through Orientation for 2 days. Then you go to Driver's Training which is also two days. Then you go to Rural Academy. You get paid for all the training and orientation which lasts about 8 hrs/day. After Rural Academy, you go to your office, and ride with your carrier for 2 to 3 days and then they allow you to run the route. This whole process took me 3 months, but it doesn't always take that long. They were backlogged at that time, and we got held back because of snow.
No interview. Received an email with a job offer and orientation was scheduled a few weeks later. Called the postmaster on the job listing to get more information in between the offer and orientation.
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Question 1
No questions were asked as there was not an interview process.
Not really an interview. If you pass the background check you have the job. The United States Postal Service does not require a traditional interview. Very easy. I love it here.
I applied online. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Spokane, WA)
Interview
There was no interview. I pretty much just took a test and they sent me back a conditional offer. When I got to my orientation with 3 other people they all had the same experience.