About 50 people showed up and we were all brought into a large room with tables and chairs. A speaker told us about the job and that we would be required to work up to possibly 12 hours a day 7 days a week including Christmas and New Years. We were required to fill out a lot of paperwork while the speaker explained how to fill it out and answered any questions. We were then called in 1 at a time to interview with only 1 person. Then back to sit in the large room until called again to the back of the room to go over our paperwork and give any missing information. About 5 hours in all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a situation where you dealt with an upset customer, how you handled it and what the outcome was.
I applied online. I interviewed at US Postal Service
Interview
The process is straight forward, making a career profile online and then filling out the application. Depending on your position, you will need to take the Postal Exam which isn't too hard because you can download a study guide of what the test will be. Then if you pass the test and your application is selected, you will have to take a drug test and have a background check. You will have to do this and fax or mail in papers that are emailed to you about this within a certain number of days or you will no longer be considered for the job. Then the interview is next which is pretty simple. They go through your application with you and make corrections or fill in missing information. They ask about 4 or 5 actual interview questions. Then if you're selected, finger prints are the next step and last step. Everything is done by email so make sure to check your spam folder because there is a time limit. The whole process takes around 2-3 months. I applied in mid/end of May twice and started working the middle of August the first time and the end of July the second time. Another time, I applied mid January and began working late March.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Did you ever have any unschedule absences and why?
If Supervisor A gives you an assignment and Supervisor B gives you a different assignment in which you had to abandon your previous assignment, what would you do?
How often were you late at your previous job?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Boston, MA) in Oct 2014
Interview
The hiring process was very quick and easy. After every step, they got back to me within the day or two and went very smoothly. The interview was more of seeing if you know what you are in for, just say "yes" and you pretty much have the job. The process was long though, from applying online to taking the assessment, to taking the drug test and then the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Everything was pretty easy other than one part of the assessment. As long as you have fairly good memorization, you are fine.