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Updated Feb 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Flow at Target
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Medina, OH (took a day)
The online tests consisted of handling customers to working with employees. I had 2 1:1, consecutively. The first interview went well so they passed me to the store manager for an interview. They asked "what would you do" questions. I was offered the job shortly afterwards. Because the position starts before 5am I was given an additional $1/hour. I enjoyed that job a lot despite having only been a seasonal position.
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Negotiation Details
There was no negotiation on salary. They just asked what I expected to make.
Other Details
I Applied Online and 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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Cashier/Sales Floor Team Member at Target
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Brentwood, TN (took a day)
I filled out an app with Target earlier in the month, wanting desperately to escape my current job and its slim hours, and was very surprised to get a call within days about a full-time sales floor team member or presentation opening. Got the call on a Friday and was asked if I could come in Monday; unfortunately our schedules conflicted enough that I couldn't go in until the following Friday.
Someone scheduled another individual for an interview at precisely the same time as me - "that wasn't supposed to happen," I was told - and he finished his questionnaire just before I did, allowing him to make his way to the back while I sat around for about 15 minutes. The first of two interviews went well; having studied the questions available here I was able to answer with no hesitation. I had to sit in a room alone for literally half an hour before the second interviewer could see me, but in that time I got to listen to the interview process for the other individual that had shown up (sounded like he got about as far as I did). The second interview seemed easy enough and I thought that I had done well, but I was asked to verify my email and was told I'd be contacted through email after other individuals were interviewed Monday and Thursday. I tried to remain upbeat but couldn't help thinking... OK, who in the world gets an email when they've scored a job? Sure enough, I got my rejection email today (Monday). Almost an hour of sitting around staring at the wall for nothing. Thanks, Target of Brentwood.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Team Leader at Target
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 2+ weeks)
The recruiter was nice at the beginning but when I was not elected she was weird and not hat helpful. She just wanted me to go away.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Guest Service Team Lead at Target
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Dayton, OH (took 2 weeks)
I submitted my application and called to follow up because from experience if you don't call they won't call you. I walked in and they did two interviews one with the store team lead and one with the lead on duty. Then later that day the HR manager called to schedule another interview. After that I waited a week for a phone interview with the district team lead. Just be patient but persistent.
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Negotiation Details
There wasn't much of a negotiation process. You went into your job offer with the rate of pay pre-determined and you accept it basically that was it.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Business Analyst at Target
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Minneapolis, MN (took 2 days)
Daylong interview process at their headquarters. All employees were extremely friendly. You have 2 1 on 1 interview with senior level employees where you are asked behavioral based questions. Do your research on the company before and come in confident and prepared. Take the advice that your HR recruiter gives you in the e-mail that offers you the position as that is exactly how the interview goes. They do not try and trick you. Everything is very straightforward and what you should expect out of an interview with a leading fortune 500 retailer.
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Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Merchandising Assistant at Target
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
You first have to go through a phone interview. If you make it past that, then they set up an on site interview to meet with people you may work with. All of the questions are situational and you must answer them in a certain way.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Cashier at Target
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
Target called a day or two after my application had been submitted to set up a date for an interview. The initial interview lasted about 30 minutes with a Team Leader, someone who would be my immediate supervisor. Questions consisted of very basic personality questions. "When did you help someone?" , "How did you deal with a stressful situations?" etc. This was immediately followed up with an interview with Store Management, asking almost exactly the same questions. Both store management and team leaders were ver y optimistic, friendly, almost bubbly young women. The entire process took about an hour and half. I received a phone call the next day offering me a job on the Sales Floor, not cashier, which was the position I originally interviewed for. I accepted the position of a Sales Floor Team Member.
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Negotiation Details
As a part-time employee, Target was very flexible negotiating my availability. Unfortunately, pay was entirely non-negotiable.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Drug Test.
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Sales Floor Team Leader at Target
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 (took a day)
Initially there is a computer job application to fill out. Have all your info with you. If your availability matches what they are looking for you are called for an interview.
This interview in usually done by a team lead. The personal interview asks questions related to responsibility and performance. If you were in this situation....What would you do? The questions are the same for everyone. They are read off a sheet and the interviewer will write down what you say.
If you can think fast and they like you, they will proceed to the second interview which will be done by management and you will be presented with a job offer before yo leave with a contingency to passing a drug/background check within 24 hours.
People were nice all the way around. I did have to wait a bit to get trough the whole interview process. I think it took about 2 hours.
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Negotiation Details
Target has a pay scale for each job and there is not much negotiation. However there is a little room to negotiate. It is not like the ETL level.
Annual reviews are intense and based on performance. It was very easy to max out at my level. Raises for OUTSTANDING performance were about .65 with merit increase. Now it is about half that since I'm maxed out. Some regular team members have not seen a raise in 7 years?
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Assets Protection Analyst at Target
Posted Jan 23, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Minneapolis, MN (took 6+ weeks)
I applied to an AP analyst position and have a friend in HR who also forwarded my resume to the position's recruiter. I received a phone call from the recruiter a few days later and went through an informational interview with her. The next weel I was scheduled for an informal phone interview with the hiring manager. The next step was multiple interviews with the leaders in the AP department. This consisted of 3 seperate half hour interviews with 2 interviewers each. The interviews consisted of standard situational based questions.
After completing the in-person interview process I heard back about 2 weeks later and was told that the position had been offered to another candidate; however, they hiring team had liked me and forwarded my information to another hiring manager who had an opening on her team. I had a phone interview with the hiring manager and was offered the position the next week.
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Negotiation Details
The compensation package I was offered was more than fair. The only aspect I negotiated was the start date.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Stocker at Target
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Filled out numorous applications online, had telephone interview and set up appointment for ferther interview and training.I went in for group interview & presentation, which made me uncomfortable how they were pushing their religious views of the company and the numorous ways to get written up and get fired. It seemed a bit overboard. in the end, it wasnt worth the hassle for such little pay.
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Reason for Declining
not worth my time for such lousy pay and benefits
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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