What is on
the NYC Stock Worker exam?

The short answer

Nine sections and 162 questions — the longest exam in the line by some way, and one of only two that test Time Sharing.

Our practice exam runs 162 questions in 215 minutes, in the order below.

What makes this title different

The documents are the job: pick lists, item records, delivery notes and supplier notes that have to be read against each other.

Four documents that disagree with each other, and the question is which one is right. That is a stock worker's morning.

What each section is asking for

Written Comprehension is reading a rule or an order and saying what it does and does not cover. Deductive Reasoning is taking a rule you were handed a moment ago and applying it to one case. Inductive Reasoning is several incidents, and the pattern that fits all of them. Information Ordering is putting steps into the order a procedure requires. Number Facility is counts, quantities and unit arithmetic, quickly. Problem Sensitivity is noticing something is wrong before anybody tells you it is. Spatial Orientation is locating a bin from a storeroom drawing. Time Sharing is a delivery arriving while a pick list is half done. Written Expression is writing it down so the next person reads it the way you meant it.

None of it is a knowledge test. You do not need to arrive knowing the stock catalogue, the storeroom layout or any supplier's part numbers. Everything the question needs is on the page. What is being measured is whether you can use it with the clock running.

What the City publishes, and what is ours

DCAS names 9 abilities for this title. What the notice does not give is a question count or a time limit, for this title or any other. Nobody outside the City has those two numbers, so a site quoting them is quoting a guess.

The 9 sections above are the City's. The 162 questions and the 215 minutes are ours. We picked them so the practice sitting feels like the real thing, and we would rather tell you that than let you assume the City set them.

What the notice says about the job

These come from the Stock Worker Notice of Examination itself, not from us:

• Minimum salary: $37,652 a year, as the notice states it.
• Application fee: $54.00.
• Passing score: 70%. Your score then decides your position on the eligible list, which is the part that actually determines when you are called.
• What you need to apply: There are no formal education or experience requirements for this examination.

Stock Worker is the title people underestimate. It is a warehouse job with a written test about counting, ordering and safe lifting, and the list runs across several city agencies.