How Long Does It Take to Get Hired by the USPS

If you have the highest score out of all applicants for a particular job, you will receive a job offer quite promptly. Sometimes within hours of or even immediately after you take the exam. Certainly within several days.

But then you must go through the qualification process, background check, interview, etc. which may take 6-8 weeks. So even if you have the highest score, it may be a couple of months before you start to work.

You may still have a chance if you have a very good score even if it’s not the highest score. If the person with the highest score fails to meet Postal employment qualifications, the applicant with the second highest score will receive a job offer. If the applicant with second highest score is disqualified, they will send an offer to the person with the third highest score. And so on.

But it takes 6-8 weeks, or even more sometimes, for the Postal Service to go through the qualification process. So, if you have a really good score, even if it's not the highest score, you may eventually receive a job offer. But if so, it may take months.

Unfortunately, unless you get a job offer, you will never know how your score ranks or what your chances are. You will never know if you had the second highest score, if your score was number 10 on the list, or if your score was number 200 on the list. They do not share that information. Your score may rank well if you score close to 100, but you will never know anything for sure.