Any time I've done it, they've made me open up the package at the post office before accepting it.

Is that out of 100?

Memory questions. You get so long to memorize four boxes that have three sets of address ranges in each. Then, you are given several addresses and you must say which box it would have been included in. No looking back.

Speed. You have a certain amount of time to go through and say whether the two addresses listed are the same or different.

Following orders. You just listen to the person giving the test, and do what they tell you to do (go to question 4 and mark D).

Yep.

How much does it cost to take it?

I have never had that happen. And I do not do this often either. But I still don't see the harm in sending a note/letter inside the box with said package. :shrug:

I got a similar score, somewhere in high 80's.

my dad was pissed. he worked for the postal service his entire adult life, though he only carried mail for 3-4 years back in the 60s.

the only reason that i wanted to work there was for the retirement. the benefits are/were OK, but I get equivalent benefits and better pay working where I currently do.

I have a vid like that on my labtop, but there is no sound. Its actually kind of lame for pron.

I've heard that you don't have to have the civil service exam anymore. Just pass all of the background checks (federal, state, criminal, drug). However, you don't get benefits for a longer period of time, and you usually end up with either the grunt jobs that no one else wants, or the routes that no one else want if you deliver.

Yeah, you know the area of town you would never go in? That area.

I don't remember it costing anything.

It's been forever ago. If there was a cost, I don't recall what it was.

That score doesn't seem bad. So I take it you have to get a 95 or better to get considered.

How interesting. I had no idea it was like that. I figured it was a bunch of questions about Tammany Hall and the succession order of the presidency and stuff.

That's what dad said. He got a 95, plus 10 points for being a veteran.

Just think, if I had been a veteran, I'd probably be working at the post office.

I'm not even sure what the technical name for it is. I've always just thought of it as the civil service exam. There might be different kinds, and this one is specific to the post office? I don't know.

Now I'm curious....