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Updated May 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2010 in North Smithfield, RI (took 1+ week)

Initial interview at school, then an interview at the Target location. Interview at Target was with higher ups and was less personal.

Interview Questions

Explain a time when you had to overcome an obstacle

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Explain a time when you had to work on a team

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2010 (took a day)

It was at a career fair, they assessed if I had any leadership experience and asked for examples with the first person. If you answered with what they deemed acceptable, you are moved on to the next interviewer. Overall, it was really informal and casual, and there was no offer.

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Do you have any leadership experience?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Las Vegas, NV (took 3 days)

Applied online through the website and was contacted by a recruiter who then held a phone interview. After passing that, the recruiter explained what the job consisted of and gave me the contact information for another person to call to set up a face to face interview which ended up taking place three days later. This time the interview consisted two rounds with two different managers each consisting of 5 behavioral based questions. Afterwards I was contacted and asked to take a personality/intelligence test online which was timed. I heard back about a week later.

Interview Questions

Describe a situation where you had to take control of a project.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 (took a day)

Two men sat in a room. One questioned me, the other stared blankly. They never laughed at my jokes. I was super nervous b/c it was my first interview. Make sure you talk about how your are a leader. They ask you to describe a project..they want to know how you lead it. They also asked me to describe positive and negatives about myself.

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Tell us about a unexpected job experience. How did you handle it?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in San Marcos, TX (took 2 weeks)

I got offered an interview for an internship with Target after handing a recruiter my resume at a career fair at my university. A few days later I received a call from an HR staff member who asked me questions regarding where I would be doing my internship at (which city). Soon after speaking with him, he scheduled an one-on-one interview with another recruiter 3 days later. During the one-on-one interview he asked basic informational questions regarding myself. (What are you career goals? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you expect to learn from this internship) and I was also asked to tell a little about myself, my major, my activities, work experience) Three days later I was contacted again to do a store tour and informational q/a session at the closet Target. The store tour was basic, you walk around the store and learn about the logistics, and organization of each department. After the tour 10of us applicants got to ask a few questions to the current interns and staff members. Within two days later I had my final interview with two HR staff members. The interview was quite difficult and they asked all situational questions with emphasis on details! ( Describe a situation in which you had to be assertive? Why do you want to work for target? Describe a situation in which you felt overwhelmed? Explain a project you put together and the steps you took in order for it to succeed. Describe a situation in which you had to step up and be a leader?) After the interview you are allowed to ask them question regarding the company and the intern program and within 5 days the e-mailed me stating they decided to choose someone else.

Interview Questions

Describe a project you put together that was difficult. What steps did you take to create this project?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.

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Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2008 in Knoxville, TN (took 3 days)

They really want good people at Target, and the interview process is very selective. You will usually interview with at least 1 to 2 Store managers and also with a few ETL (executive team leaders) They ask you lots of customer service based questions and scenario questions, the interview will usually last about 2 hours total.

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Tell me about your past accomplishments, whether in school or work?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (took a day)

I applied through my university's website. I got invited to an interview, and it was a behavioral interview. They asked some questions and I had to answer in terms of:
- what I did
-What my role was
-what was the final out come

The also asked me about the position. I thought that it was very structured by the company, and the interviewers did not have so much influence on the process since all of the questions they were going to ask were prewritten.
There were 2 interviewers one asked questions and the other wrote down what I said, and the key points. I thought they were friendly and not intimidating at all.

Interview Questions

Describe a situation where you has to adapt to a quickly changing environment.
Give a specific example of what you did, how you reacted and what the end result was.

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Tell us about a time when you mentored another person.
What did you do
What was the end result.

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Tell us about a time when you had to make a very difficult decision in college.

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When was a time when you failed at a job or project due to a mistake?

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