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Applicants for all [[United States Postal Service]] entry-level career positions and for some part-time/temporary jobs are required to take employment exams. There are different exams used to fill different types of jobs.

== Application Process ==
(contracted; show full)ront counter clerk position, most jobs having to do with handling mail, sorting mail, and delivering mail are filled from this one exam. It is broken down into five sections as detailed below. Except for the first section, this exam requires applicants to perform obscure tasks at an exceptional rate of speed. Many applicants are able to enhance their performance on the exam via extensive practice with realistic electronic practice tests. 

'''Personal Characteristics and Experience Inventory
:'''
This self-administered section is taken first without supervision. There are 150 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. This section is used to build a profile of the applicant to determine his/her potential as an employee. Applicants who pass this section are scheduled to take the remaining sections at a designated facility under supervision.

'''Address Checking:'''
This section has 60 questions to be answered in 11 minutes. Each question is a pair of items consisting of an address (street/P.O. Box, city, and state) and a ZIP code. Applicants are to compare the items to determine if they are exactly alike, if the addresses are different, if the zip codes are different, or if both the addresses and the zip codes are different. 

'''Forms Completion:'''
In this section applicants are shown various Postal forms and asked how they should be completed. There are 30 questions to be answered in 15 minutes.

'''Coding:'''
A Coding Guide for delivery routes is presented in this section. Applicants are required to answer 36 questions about the Coding Guide in 6 minutes. Since the Coding Guide is made available during this section, it is basically an open book test.

'''Memory:'''
In this section applicants have 7 minutes to answer 36 questions about the same Coding Guide described above, but the questions must be answered from memory. The Coding Guide is not made available. Applicants are given several minutes to memorize the Coding Guide before answering the questions. This section is generally viewed as the hardest part of the exam.

=== Postal Exam 710 ===
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== References ==
* [http://www.postalexam.com Highly ranked site with exhaustive info on Postal jobs and exams]
* [http://www.usps.com/employment/welcome.htm Employment welcome page at the USPS website]
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