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Interviewer primarily questioned about willingness to work in outdoor conditions (cold, heat, etc...) and physical ability to handle responsibilities of the job. Emphasis on ability to work weekends and commitment to complete daily tasks. Interviewer keen on ability to work with diverse personalities and whether or not one would report fellow employee breaking USPS policies. Emphasis on reliability and commitment to work even if one was sick with flu, etc...
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CCA - City Carrier Assistant

Interviewed at US Postal Service

2.8★
Aug 20, 2015

Interviewer primarily questioned about willingness to work in outdoor conditions (cold, heat, etc...) and physical ability to handle responsibilities of the job. Emphasis on ability to work weekends and commitment to complete daily tasks. Interviewer keen on ability to work with diverse personalities and whether or not one would report fellow employee breaking USPS policies. Emphasis on reliability and commitment to work even if one was sick with flu, etc...

"Have you ever worked outside in any or all weather conditions?" "If a supervisor asked you to do something, yet another supervisor stopped you and told you to do something else, what would you do"? "How would you handle a supervisor that is not so nice to you"? "Give me an example of how you dealt with unruly customers"? "How would you handle a situation where a customer accused you of not delivering their mail on time, but you are just covering a shift?"
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City Mail Carrier

Interviewed at US Postal Service

2.8★
Sep 2, 2015

"Have you ever worked outside in any or all weather conditions?" "If a supervisor asked you to do something, yet another supervisor stopped you and told you to do something else, what would you do"? "How would you handle a supervisor that is not so nice to you"? "Give me an example of how you dealt with unruly customers"? "How would you handle a situation where a customer accused you of not delivering their mail on time, but you are just covering a shift?"

Have you ever done any physical work in the past, are you okay with doing physical work, how flexible is your schedule...its very easy. it literally lasted me 2 minutes of my time. Youre in a room full of other interviewers asking these same questions to other people and check marking down the questions on paper. thats it. easy peasy
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City Carrier Assistant

Interviewed at US Postal Service

2.8★
Dec 12, 2015

Have you ever done any physical work in the past, are you okay with doing physical work, how flexible is your schedule...its very easy. it literally lasted me 2 minutes of my time. Youre in a room full of other interviewers asking these same questions to other people and check marking down the questions on paper. thats it. easy peasy

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