Target Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – I filled out an application online and was contacted 2 days later to schedule an interview at the store. My availability was confirmed over the phone, but that was all I was asked... I never had an actual phone interview. My interview was scheduled for a Wednesday, exactly one week after I had turned in my application. They set me up at one of the job kiosks to do an assessment. The assessment consisted of some scenario based questions asking how I would react in certain situations, as well as a few questions to test my skills for basic math. It was very easy. I was first interviewed by a team leader. He asked me some general questions about myself as well as some questions about situations I'd been in and how I had handled them. The questions were fairly simple, but you will be asked to provide specific examples, and they are looking for details! He then set me up to watch a video about Target that was several minutes long. You'll need to pay attention because the next person you interview with will ask questions that relate to the video. Next, I was interviewed by an individual who who had more authority than the team leader. He asked me 1 or two more situation questions (basically the same thing the team leader had covered but worded differently) and several questions about my personality and experience. He asked if I had any questions. I asked if he could tell me more about the machines that are used in the backroom of the store and he then took me back to show me what the back room was like and how things functioned. He then told me that if everything sounded good to me then he'd like to offer me the position. He led me to an HR person who explained that I needed to take a drug test within 24 hours and that It would take about a week. She said they would be contacting me for orientation once they got the results.

Negotiation Details – There wasnt a negotiation. The fist person I interviewed with asked me what my expectations for pay were. I said around $8.00 or so an hour knowing that they start you around there. He said good because they usually start people off between $8-$8.50 an hour. The second person I interviewed with offered me $8.50 an hour and that was it. There is also a $1 shift difference pay as I will be coming in at 4am. The shift difference pay lasts from 4am until 8am, at which time the pay will drop back down to $8.50 an hour.

Interview Details – 2 interviews by two ETLS. Drug test within 24 hours, started orientation the next week. I was cross-trained in Food Avenue, with the promise that it was temporary. I did not want to work there permanently. Stuck there for a year.

Negotiation Details – Not really able to negotiate. I was desperate for a job so I just took it. Minimum wage was how they started off with most everyone. Noticed that those that were super handsome of pretty got paid more. My Team Lead had no management experience prior, practically straight out of high school, and barely had a month of retail experience.

Interview Details – I applied 2 weeks before receiving a phone call from the hiring department. They scheduled a phone interview for the following day. It was mostly about my hours available and different sanarios. I later got a call about a week later calling me in for an interview at the store. I went and met with someone in the HR department and then the manager. I was hired on the spot

Negotiation Details – They said $8 was the starting out salary but I talked them up to $8.20

Interview Details – Straightforward. Asked about experience in customer service, whether I'd worked in retail before.

Negotiation Details – There was none, it was a job.

Interview Details – The interviewer was okay

Interview Details – I sent in an online application, and within ten minutes, a lady had called me and set up a phone interview for the next day.
The guy I spoke to was the team leader for the area, and he wasn't a very good interviewer.
He asked why I wanted to work at Target and I said usual stuff and then said how it would be a good first job, and he apparently ignored that. About five minutes later he asked about previous work experience so I had to tell him I had none, and he asked "Oh it's your first job?" ...Yeah kinda.
Then he would get distracted with stuff. He told me he was scared by the ongoing thunderstorm, and then got off topic when I gave him a detailed response about working at the humane society. I didn't even get a call back or an email until three weeks later saying how they weren't hiring at the time.

Interview Details – I only made it as far as a phone interview. I applied online, then received an e-mail from HR to set up a phone interview. I then completed the phone interview. About a week later I received an email saying I had not gotten the job.

Interview Details – First I had a phone interview. Very basic retail questions. Scheduled the first in person interview right over the phone. Did really well. But for reasons unknown to me I get an email at 2am saying "sorry but we have no position to offer you."

Interview Details – Round robins. Keep in mind, they are always hiring! They always have interviews. So you need to stand out as much as possible. Be energetic, be friendly and be confident. Mostly behavioral questions.

Negotiation Details – Not much negotiation. Offer was pretty fair.