I took a test several years ago for DOT here in NY. I scored the highest in the geographic region and was second highest in the state. Went to an interview and was promptly told that being the highest scoring interviewee does not mean I have a lock on the job. The manager of that district had the freedom of choosing from any of the top seven plus anybody already in the shop that may have taken that test in the past. The manager pretty readily indicated he had a preferred candidate in-house and lo and behold that guy got the job. He interviewed me just because he knew it would draw too much negative scrutiny if he did not interview the highest scoring candidate. However, all that was not as bad as the process I went through to tried to get hired on at a GM plant. The testing was handled by the UAW and follow-through on test results was strongly discouraged. "You will get your results in the mail in a few weeks and no other contact is recommended." Needless to say I did not get hired and the test score did not look right as I thought it was a pretty simple test. I took another civil service test and was the number one score and did not get that job either. Technically I did not live in the township although the job title had a provision for relocation. My understanding is that a couple of employees there were hired on and that the residency requirement was waived for them. At this point I am pretty discouraged with civil service jobs as there seems to be little hope of getting in without connections. Out of the dozens of tests I have taken over the last ten years there were only two where my score was low enough that the score alone would be an impediment to getting the job. The others were a matter of not knowing the gate keeper to those jobs. I hope your experience will be different and maybe you can build a good relationship with the new boss but my experience makes me skeptical over the long term.
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