Counter Clerk applicants have rated the interview process at Post Office with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Counter Clerk roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Post Office overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Post Office as a Counter Clerk according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 43%
Skills test: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 14%
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There wasn’t much of an interview as my parents knew the postmaster, but I was asked to bring in two forms of identification and an informal chat took place. I pretty much knew I was going to get the job when I turned up for the chat, and it was just a case of sorting out the formalities such as hours and salary.
I was 19 years old at the time and agreed to the salary that was offered to me by the postmaster’s accountant — if I applied for such a position now I would negotiate for a better salary.
I applied online. I interviewed at Post Office (Lancaster, England) in Apr 2022
Interview
It was fairly striaght forward. I spoke with the manager and counter clerk. After the interview is 2 training weeks which can involve some travel. After then you should be good to go.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Post Office (Plymouth, England) in Oct 2019
Interview
Checking availability and if contract hours were okay, asked about previous experience and how I would be good for the job role, was a very straight forward and comfortable interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if there was a big queue and a customer complained about their wait time