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Updated Jan 31, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Glenview, IL (took 2 days)

It was a quick 10 minute phone call the day before the 1:1 to see if I was interested in the job and if I had the a car to get to work every day. When I went in for the face to face interview I was there for about 2 hours. I interviewed with 2 different people. First, I interviewed with a Team Leader that just asked me usual interview questions that were read to me from a packet. The second interview was with the store manager and he basically just re-read the questions to me. You don't really need to impress anyone with the interview process since they are just reading questions from the packet. The questions pretty much follow the guidelines of some of the questions you would see in the online questionnaire you fill out when you fill out your application. They don't care about your personal qualities, just as long as you meet the criteria of whatever is in that question packet.

Interview Questions

Tell us about a time when you dealt with an upset customer?

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Tell us about a time you went went above and beyond doing your job.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2011 (took a day)

In November 2011 I applied online (Target.com) to work at Target mainly doing overnight stock work. I think it took about a week after applying before they called me to set up an interview. I showed up to the interview, the first interview was with a man named Brandon and it was pretty basic (why are you here, tell me about a time, yada yada yada). He said I did great and would see if the main manager was available for my next interview. Instead of setting up a second interview at a later time, I was able to have it right after the first. The second interview was somewhat of a recap of the first one, the manager said because my main position was overnight I would get a $1 pay bump but because I was being hired a week or two before Black Friday, I'd have to cashier a little while, "everyone cashiers on Black Friday" he said. I said that was fine as I had a little experience doing cashier work. He asked about my experience relating to the Flow position and I said I had help stock stores before-I helped put together and "build" the Halloween store that was about 2 minutes away during the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons, so I was used to heavy lifting and such. He mentioned if I wanted I could do also work on the Plan-O-Gram team but I declined. He did ask a somewhat generic question "was I a target shopper" and I said "yes sir, this shirt is Merona", I thought wearing a dress shirt of theirs would score me extra points, he complimented my shirt and said he liked the brand. He asked what I was looking for-seasonal work or career-and I said career; "I want to get up every morning and be proud to put that red shirt on", I said, I know that sounds cheesy but I suck at interviews.

After the second interview was over I met with who I assumed was the HR woman. She had me sign a "Conditional Job Offer Addendum" and then I was told where to go to take my drug test and that I had to have it done before 5:00pm that day.

I didn't show up to my first orientation but they called me back for a second orientation. I showed up for that one, spent about an hour or so watching a videos, discussing working there, did a store walk-through and paired me off with two people to work on the registers. I worked with a guy that was about 17 years old first and then a 21 year old woman.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult problem and how you solved it.

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Negotiation Details

No real negotiating. I was told this is what we pay.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Drug Test.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took 5 days)

Filled out an application online. I know people that work here so they let HR know I was applying. Received a call a few days later asking if I could come in the next day for an interview and checking if the shift hours and pay were acceptable to me. I arrived early and took the second part of the application at their hiring kiosk, which was about 20 situational and math-related questions. I then met with the Flow Team Lead for a brief (5 minutes tops) interview that mostly consisted of situational questions. After that I met with a manager for an even shorter interview which also consisted of situational questions, some of which were repeats. Then I was told to wait a moment and an HR rep came in and offered me a job contingent on a drug test and background check. I think because I have a few years experience with shipment with another big box company and the fact that I knew other employees, the interviews were more of a formality than anything. All in all a fairly painless process. They didn't even ask for professional references.

Interview Questions

Name a time when you had to work as a team to accomplish something

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Name a time when you had to quickly help someone

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Name a time when you had to multi-task

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Name a time when you made a mistake in the workplace

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Negotiation Details

I did not negotiate, as this job paid more than my previous one for doing basically the same thing. Plus the shift differential is really nice. I was not expecting that.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2011 in Knoxville, TN (took a day)

Applied online about 2-3 weeks ago, received a call Monday from Target wanting to schedule an interview for Thursday.

I was asked to take a 15-20 question test on the computer in the store and then I was directed to a room and met with a manager. He went over the basic job description and asked 4 experience/behavioral questions and said another manager was coming in to talk with me also.

The next guy comes in and does almost the exact same thing, but with different questions.

I then had the head of HR come in who formally offered me the position and I accepted. This offer was of course reliant on the passing of a drug test and background check.

The whole process from the time I arrived in the store was no more than 45 minutes.

Interview Questions

Describe a time where you had a problem with management.

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Negotiation Details

No negotiating occurred.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2010 in Bellevue, WA (took a day)

I can't remember if there was a phone portion or not because I called them to ask what the hiring timeline would be. I have always found it good practice to call a day or two after you submit an online application to A: make sure they got it and B: shows them your interested in the company and a "go getter" (even if your not). They had me schedule an interview later that week where I had to fill out more application stuff on their computers and then had two one on one interviews. First was with a "team leader" (middle management) and an Executive Team Leader (upper management). Neither felt pressured and it was fairly relaxed. I got a job offer that same day (think the same hour) and had to do a drug test. They called me later that week to schedule orientation which is a few hours or watching Target propaganda then you get a schedule and start working at the "Fast fun and friendly" Target.

Interview Questions

Tell us a time where you had to help motivate a team to success?

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 (took a day)

There were three interviews in one day. I received some conflicting information and the communication between the three interviewers seemed to be lacking. By the third interview, half of my paperwork was missing. I was repeatedly told that care would be taken to not schedule me on days when my wife and I could not get a sitter, but soon after I started this was not upheld.

Interview Questions

Can you think of a time when you were at work and had a problem with a coworker and what did you do about it.

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Negotiation Details

Negotiation? They have a standard pay rate regardless of experience.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Drug Test.

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Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in Quakertown, PA (took a day)

Well, I Ive been looking for work for quite some time now. I happened to be on the Target website and noticed they had some openings. I applied to become a flow team member. After completing the extensive application I was contacted several days later for the interview. When i arrived I was greeting by 2 male employees and taken into a back office to conduct the interview. It was pretty basic interview questions....IE: what is your greatest weakness/strength....why should we hire you.....so on and so forth. I didnt mind that both men were present for the interview but they took turns asking me the SAME questions....weird.... shortly after they were done explaining the position and finishing up the interview...they asked me to wait in the hall for a moment. They then asked me to come back in and they offered me the job.

Interview Questions

What are you best strengths

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Reason for Declining

I didnt like the hours I was suppose to work ( 3am-8am) also I wanted a full time job...this was only 20 hrs a week.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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Yes | No

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 (took a day)

Talked to two people the first one asked basic questions strengths weaknesses experience second interviewer asked the same pretty much discussed the pay and said ill hear from them in a couple of days either by phone or mail whatever that means

Interview Questions

if we asked friends or teachers about you what would they say about your strengths and weaknesses

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Bakersfield, CA (took 1 week)

It was a two-round interview, the first with two team leaders, one flow and one backroom, and the second with the ETL Log. The questions were straight forward, "Tell me about a time when..." "Give me an example of..." I got a call back a week later to come in and take the drug test.

From application to flow took four weeks; I filled out the application on Wed. got a call back the next week for the interview, one week later came in for the drug test, one week later for orientation and the next week I was working on the line.

My advice is as always, be on-time, stay calm, and be honest.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a time when you had to point out a supervisors mistake.

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Negotiation Details

No negotiation. Because it's flow the we come in early morning we do get the 50 cents pay differential which is nice.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Drug Test.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Columbus, OH (took 2 days)

This was a great interview experience. The process consisted of the HR rep contacting me, two TL's interviewing me and the HR rep offering me the job. Everyone was very relaxed and encouraging, which made the interview very laid back. The people in the office were very polite and the whole store was great in welcoming me once I was hired.