Chances of getting hired as a CCA

Back ground check was pretty hard core I believe. I didn't really have to worry because Ive never been in an accident, got a ticket, or been arrested. I'd imagine there are time limits to each of these, like a year or two, up to 5 for a major ticket or accident.

I'd try REALLY hard on that test. The first 75% of it is really easy as pie. Just basic question on how to fill out a form and dumb stuff like that. The hard part is the end, first they give you the sheet with the route numbers and and what addresses correspond to them. They let you have the table for that one to use as a reference, so its pretty easy. Then the last 15 or 20 questions they do the same thing but take the table away after letting you memorize it for like 2 or 3 minutes. This is the hard part, and probably where I got my questions wrong.

I dunno if its the same for all tests, but they used to same table for the first part as they did for the memory part at the end. I wish I would have known this because I could have used all the time for each question I had in the first part to further study the table.

If I were you, I'd take several sample tests and focus mainly on this part. They also will do things to trick you at the end, which is where I think I messed up. They had it like Johnson St. 100 - 1019 on route 1, then when the question came up they would put like what route is 11019 Johnson Street on and you'd have the option to say not on any route. Shit will mess with your head. Then all the other questions that refer to that street will be the same way, so you'll begin to question yourself and change them.

So yea, definitely do a lot of practice tests, be prepared to memorize the fuck out of that table at the end, use all of your time for the questions at the end to further memorize that table, and don't second guess yourself at the end as they WILL try to mess with your head.

The test score is pretty important, so it is worth sweating balls over. When they call people for interview, they will take say the top 30 scores and ask them to come in. Also, I am pretty sure it is a tie breaker for things like who gets a route first when one comes up for bid. Say you and someone else got hired the same date in the same office and a route comes open. Pretty sure this is the tie breaker, which could mean the difference of YEARS of waiting for a route to come open.

No pressure! Good luck! =)

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