I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at UPS (Philadelphia, PA) in Sep 2015
Interview
I applied online; very lengthy application. Upon submitting my application, I was immediately prompted to schedule an interview with a recruiting specialist at the UPS facility; I scheduled it for the next day. I wore a button-down shirt tucked in, khaki pants, and nice shoes, and I was appropriately dressed; suit and tie is very unnecessary, people show up in jeans, sneakers, T-shirts, etc.
There were 14 of us in a room with one recruiting specialist. She briefly went over the guidelines of the position, one of which is the personal appearance guideline, no visible tattoos and no facial hair; three people left at that time because of a hand tattoo, neck tattoo, and a beard. We then lost a guy because he had an expired license. And then another guy because he could not drive a stick shift.
We then had very brief personal interviews with the recruiting specialist in her office. Basically, to make sure your application is correct and answer any questions or concerns you have on the position. If you're interested, the recruiting specialist immediately schedules you for a quick driving test to see if you can actually drive a stick shift; I believe this is an easy step for them to weed out more applicants before they get too far along in the process, smart.
The recruiting specialist informed us that the next steps would be to pass a written memorization test on company driving guidelines, as well as a DOT physical, at which point they would then schedule you for a weeklong driving school that may require travel and hotel stay depending on how far you are from their training facility.
This is a decent paying seasonal job, where you can be outside and somewhat physical. Drawbacks, as there are with any job, would be the long hours (though OT would be nice if you're in it for max money, not for me) and the volume of packages to deliver on an unfamiliar route
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Question 1
No real interview questions to prepare for. If you are basically qualified, and have an interest in the position, they're going to push you through the hiring process where they can start weeding folks out as quickly as possible.
You need to have a license, be able to drive a stick shift and subsequently drive a truck, have no visible tattoos, be willing to shave your facial hair, be physically fit enough to pass a physical and do the job, and be able to do the hours which are very heavy in December.
I ended up not taking the job because of the likely late evening hours.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at UPS (Warwick, RI) in Apr 2013
Interview
The interview was not tough. Filed online at jobs-ups then called to HR, Met with them, went to get the physical and drug test. Then off to training class the following week.Hardest part was parking the truck.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at UPS (West Chester, PA) in Oct 2014
Interview
Applied online, received a call back within a few days. Went in for an info session, they check for attendance, 5am session just to see if you'll show up. You don't ever show up for work before 7:45 once you're in the swing of things
During info session you get a tour. They send you home.
Next, call back within a few more days tops, I only waited a day, and you go in to fill out paperwork, you're hired after they run the background check and MVR. NO DRUG TEST, unless you're applying for a CDL class job, which requires federal testing in a DOT facility bc it's federally mandated.
That's it. Don't believe them when they say you'll get a call back after the season, it won't happen until late spring/early summer is the soonest that would happen. The key is to get in 30 full working days before November 1st. So start looking for openings late summer, July/August/September. If you get in after mid-September don't count on being considered a permanent employee and you will be laid off Dec. 31 regardless of job performance.