What Is the Postal Exam? The Postal Exam is an online assessment used by the USPS (United States Postal Service) to screen candidates for various positions at the Post Office. As of April 2019, the USPS has launched four new exams, named Virtual Entry Assessments, which replaced the old Postal Exam 473.
How Long Is the US Postal Exam? The US Post Office tests are untimed but most candidates complete the assessments in 45 minutes.
How Much Does It Cost To Take The US Postal Exam? The Postal Service never charges fees to take an exam or to apply for jobs.
What Is a Good Score on the USPS Assessment Test? The passing score for any of the four Postal Exams is 70, and any score above that is considered good. If you see an ineligible status instead of a score, this means you haven't managed to reach the minimum score of 70. In this case, you'll only get a second chance to retake the exam after one year.
What Happens After You Pass the Postal Exam? The USPS ranks the candidates who passed the Postal exams by their test scores (after the initial arrangement of the exam submission time). Thus, candidates with higher scores tend to get invitations for interviews faster than those who passed with lower scores.
How Many Times Can You Take The US Postal Exam? You may only take the assessment once per job application. If you already have an assessment score recent enough to be in the retest time period (e.g., for Exam 473 within the past 120 days), you will not be Page 5 allowed to take the assessment again; your existing score will be used for that application.
Virtual Entry Assessment MC (474) The Postal Exam 474, also called the Virtual Entry Assessment – MC (474), is used for evaluating candidates applying for both city and rural mail carrier positions. As of November 2021, three new sections were added to the Postal Exam 474: What Drives You, Move the Mail, and Verify Customer Information.
Here’s an overview of the Virtual Entry Assessment – MC (474) structure:
Section Name - Number of Questions Work Scenarios (Situational Judgment Test) 18 Describe Your Approach (Personality Test) 139 Tell Us Your Story (Biodata Questionnaire) 37 What Drives You (Motivation Questionnaire) 25 Move the Mail 18 Verify Customer Information 10 In Total: 247
Virtual Entry Assessment MH 475 The Virtual Entry Assessment MH 475 is an exam that anyone who wishes to become a USPS Mail Handler or Mail Handler Assistant has to pass. The test is one of the four new assessments the USPS uses since April 2019, following the retirement of the old 473 exam.
The Postal Exam 475 consists of six sections (two of them are new from late 2021). Here’s a breakdown of them:
Section Name - Number of Questions
Work Scenarios 18 Check for Errors 3 Move the Mail 18 What Drives You 25 Tell Us Your Story 40 Describe Your Approach 139
Virtual Entry Assessment – MP (476) The USPS Virtual Entry Assessment 476 (MP 476) is used in the screening process for many roles including those for Mail Processing Clerk, PSE Mail Processing Clerk, Casual Mail Processing Clerk, Data Conversion Operator, PSE Data Conversion Operator, and Casual Data Conversion Operator.
This online exam includes seven sections (three of them emerged only in late 2021):
Work Scenarios 18 Check for Errors 3 Tell Us Your Story 18 Describe Your Approach 25 Verify Customer Information 10 Move the Mail 40 What Drives You 139
Virtual Entry Assessment – CS (477) The Virtual Entry Assessment (VEA) 477 is used to evaluate candidates applying to Customer Service Clerk jobs in the USPS. The exam takes approximately 75 minutes to complete and you can use a calculator and scratch paper while answering some of the questions.
The purpose of the Postal Exam 477 is to learn more about you, how you interact with other people (especially customers), your working style, your previous work experience, and your basic math skills.
It includes seven sections, three of them were added only in late 2021:
Section Name - Number of Questions Work Situations 22 Work Your Register 3 Tell Us Your Story 39 Describe Your Approach 139 Help Your Customers 14 Verify Customer Information 10 What Drives You 25
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