Civil Service Exam USPS

I have completed my studies and planning to apply for the Postal Service Civil Service Exam USPS Examination searching for the exam details. Can you provide all basic details about Civil Service Exam USPS also tell what the structure of test so that I can prepare well for exam?

[shikha]

The Postal Service recruits through their eCareer online recruiting service.

All Post Office job vacancies are listed on their service. Entrance tests including the 473 / 473E Postal Exam

The Postal Exam 473 comes in pencil and paper or electronic form. Both tests contain four sections:

Address Checking
Form Completion
Coding & Memory
Personal Characteristics and Experience Inventory

The 473 exam covers:

City Carrier
Mail Processing Clerks
Mail handler
Sales, Distribution Associate, and Services
Rural Carrier (This group previously took the 460 exam)

Test structure:

Test Section Number of Items Time Alloted
Part A: Address Checking 60 11 minutes
Part B: Forms Completion 30 15 minutes
Part C1: Coding 36 6 minutes
Part C2: Memory 36 7 minutes
Part D: Personal Characteristics and Experience Inventory 236 90 minutes