City Carrier Assistant (CCA) applicants have rated the interview process at US Postal Service with 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for City Carrier Assistant (CCA) roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 56 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 City Carrier Assistant (CCA) according to 56 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 19%
Skills test: 16%
Drug test: 15%
One on one interview: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Other: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
Group panel interview: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Dallas, TX) in Dec 2013
Interview
Easy. I applied online and got contacted almost immediately. Did some preliminary paperwork in preparation for a face to face interview. Skype interview not an option. Drug screening, driving record check, police background, etc. standard stuff. Mass HR briefing that seemed to drag on but was interesting. Then a one on one interview with a random HR manager or another manager. Later in the mass briefing again had several of the area managers from city wide show up and strut around. It was very strange to see these guys stand there and brag about how awesome they were and one said he only wants "winners". Very odd. Luckily the more humble and professional one turned out to be my manager. They do make it very clear that you starting at the bottom of the barrel. Don't ask for help when out on your route because "you are the help". Overall, it was an organized and informative day.
no formal in person interview. Once application was complete they send you a few tasks to be done by a certain time,once that is done they schedule orientation. You have to pass a federal background check,and must have a drivers license.
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Question 1
get fingerprinted at one of their locations or at the police station
I applied online. I interviewed at US Postal Service (Pearl River, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
The interview is all online, extremely easy and quick. Select from multiple choice and you are then offered a job with forms to fill out and fingerprinting. Then you are called and bring 2 forms of Identification with you
Easy. Just pass the assessment then you have the job. Sometimes it may be a slow hiring process but long as you can pass a background check, you’re fine. Good luck