After passing the postal exam (84), maybe a week or two later, I got an email from the Postmaster about when to report to him for an interview. Met with the Postmaster briefly to discuss the position. Mostly he just went over the routes available (only as a fill-in) and was I interested. One of the routes had a right-hand drive vehicle associated with it, so I said I'd need to take that route since I can't use my car to deliver mail (no way to right-hand drive it). Filled out more paperwork and then a few days later, I got an email to submit paperwork for a background check and then report to a facility for a urinalysis. A couple weeks after that I got an email saying to report to the main post office where they do training. I sat through the first day of training. Then when the trainer started talking about us needing to bring our vehicles for inspection, etc., I pointed out that I can't use my vehicle for delivery and my route is supposed to have a vehicle associated with it. He got really irritated and made it quite clear that rural carrier associates MUST provide their own vehicles. I then emailed the postmaster to clarify and he confirmed that if I don't have my own vehicle, he can't use me. The end. So why the HECK wasn't this made more clear at the onset? What's the chances that a regular person is going to have a right-hand drive vehicle at all in this country? PLUS as a rural carrier associate, you only work maybe 2-4 days a month, so why would you go buy a special vehicle just for a couple days a month? Plus in training, the instructor made it clear that as an RCA, you can't apply for a regular position for at least a year and it goes by seniority, so if anybody else in that post office wants the job, they'll get it before you will. Overall, seemed to be a waste of time. At least they paid me for the day I spent in training.

No interview. Received an email with a job offer and orientation was scheduled a few weeks later. Called the postmaster on the job listing to get more information in between the offer and orientation.