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Will previous job history stop me from being hired with USPS?

My question is this, if I have been a stay at home mother for the last year and a half, had a job that I excelled at before that, and also one I was fired from as an assistant store manager, will this stop them from hiring me? I have an interview to be a mail processing clerk. I am a very honest person, and I explained the reason that I was fired when I was an assistant manager. Basically I said on the application that I was terminated due to "Lack of knowledge within the company"...it was a mundane policy violation that I was unaware of. My track record during other times of employment all are very positive though. USPS requires that you list ALL job history, and that you explain in the application any time in your job history that you were fired.

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1. you should not lie on a resume. however you should not highlight bad things. instead omit them, unless asked. just say you stayed at that company and then pursues another opportunity. they dont need to know you were fired. if they find out you can still claim, you did pursue another employment opportunity. as for stopping you, yes those thing you have told them raises the red flag. reword them nicely... also you dont need to put all your employments on your resume. some people put their last or best 3, but follow with good recommendations, and a descriptive detail on their character. good luck
2. I think it was good of you to be honest on your application...not to mention the reason you were fired was "questionable"...I wouldn't worry. I think the biggest thing you have going against you is that you've been out of work for a little bit...I'm in the same boat...GOOD LUCK.