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US Postal Service interviews FAQs
CCA applicants have rated the interview process at US Postal Service with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for CCA roles take an average of 48 days to get hired, when considering 286 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 CCA according to 286 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 19%
One on one interview: 18%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 16%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
Other: 2%
Phone interview: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied in-person. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at US Postal Service in Jul 2015
Interview
Applied on 4/23/15 via usps.com. shortly after received an email to take a personality test. On 7/13/15 Received an assessment invitation for the 473 exam for 7/17/15 which was based on address corrections and a memory section which was the hardest. Received score via email shorty after leaving the building. Passed with a score of 80.10. I received another email for residency verification and driving record background check on 7/20/15, you have three days to complete these actions. Received anther email for drug test on 7/23/15. On 7/29 got an email to attend an interview on 7/31/15. The interview was fairly quick, went over information on application and asked me 12 question about myself and situation resolutions. The interviewer was to the point,friendly and letting me know the job was not career. He stated this job can be very stressful, but i love a challenge and cant wait to prove myself. He told me to keep checking my emails several times a day including your spam folder. On 8/6/15 received another gis background check email which i already did. Thinking i received it in error i called the post office an he informed me to take care of any email i receive and so i did. Waiting for another email or phone call. Hope i land this job because it will be the one i retire from.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
what would you do if two people ask you to do two different tasks?
I interviewed at US Postal Service (Arlington Heights, IL)
Interview
Pour, there was no interview. Everyone is welcome to apply for this”government ” job. I personally think that the whole process should be changed. Employees should be the face of this company.
There is no interview process. You just get selected, and have to pass a process for your background and fingerprints. After that you do a shadow day, to decided if thats a job you want to do.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Las Vegas, NM)
Interview
There is not an interview for this position. Just apply online, pass the background screening and receive your start date. Best time to apply is for the holiday season. I was hired on for the holiday season and received a call back in less than a month after the season ended to return back for a 360 position.