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Updated Feb 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Sales Associate at Target
Posted Jan 26, 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)
Very easy. It consisted of two 1:1 interviews back to back. The whole process took about 1.5 hours.
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Negotiation Details
Didn't negotiate
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at Target
Posted Jan 26, 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 Minneapolis, MN (took 2 months)
I originally applied to Target through my university's career website. When Target came to the career fair my school was hosting, I was offered an interview for the sales and marketing position. They were quite happy with the experience on my resume and said I was qualified for the job. The next day I interviewed with the company and was asked some pretty basic personal and scenario questions. Surprisingly there was not a second interview and they called me within 2 weeks and offered me the position.
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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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Sales Floor Team Member at Target
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Arlington Heights, IL (took a day)
After filling out the online application, I was contacted, in person, by a representative of the store. When I got to the store I was told to go to the application computer station and re-file information and re-take a personality test. The test consisted of questions about how to handle workplace situations. I made it past the first interview and felt I did well on the second with the HR person. When I did't hear anything I called the HR person to inquire and left a couple of messages that were not returned. A few days later I received an email from corporate telling me "Thank you for applying." I was very disappointed at how interview process was handled.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Flow Team Member at Target
Posted Jan 25, 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 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.
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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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Store Manager at Target
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Lawrenceville, GA (took 2 months)
The phone interview went well and the person I spoke with seemed happy and excited about working for the company. However, my one on one interviewer was very dull and boring. He didn't seem like he enjoyed working there. It made me feel like I was BOTHERING him by showing up to the interview. Made me not want to work for Target, if it was only 10 AM and this person was already THAT unhappy doing his job!
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Target Team Leader at Target
Posted Jan 24, 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 (took 1 week)
I met with my Store's STL and ETL-Human Resources. They asked me 5 questions each from an Interview booklet. I was prepared for pretty much all questions because I came on here and looked them up beforehand. They said I did a good job, so I was scheduled for an interview with the District Team Leader. It was more like a conversation than an interview. He did ask me four questions from a booklet, but he was more interested in my life in general, I guess to make sure I was well rounded and had a good head on my shoulders. He said I did great and that he would contact my store's STL to let them know I was getting the position. It was probably the best interviewing experience I've ever had. It's a great job so far.
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Negotiation Details
They offered me great pay. I was actually surprised so I accepted right away without negotiating.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Executive Team Leader at Target
Posted Jan 19, 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 Apr 2010 (took 2 weeks)
Find someone to refer you because they get paid extra and can get you to the phone interview. The phone interview is merely the first step. Be ready for situational questions, i.e.: Tell me about a time... (you showed leadership). Then you will have about 3 one on one interviews with similar questions.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
There was not much negotiation. I tried but didn't make it very far.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Executive Team Leader at Target
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 3 weeks)
The interview went okay. Pretty much the same questions from this website. She simply just asked me questions on her sheet and that was it. I received the generic e-mail afterwards and that was the end of that.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Cashier at Target
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took a day)
I had two interviews. One with the general interviewer and then another with the Leader the Cashier dept. First one was really just to determine all the basic stuff, days/hours available, just kinda going over your application and a few scenario questions. Second seemed more like a way to see if you would be a good fit.
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Ask about the expectations and the consequences if those expectations aren't reached, because Ive had some friends quit because they didn't know about the minimum redcard apps and they got really stressed out about that. They didn't tell me there was a minimum, just said they promoted redcards and we were expected to talk about them.
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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Marketing Specialist at Target
Posted Jan 18, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 6 weeks)
Initially had a phone screen with a recruiter, then a phone interview with a 2nd recruiter. Then was asked by a 3rd person to complete an IQ test followed by a personality test. Then was offered a final one on one interview by a 4th person, and was given an interview pre-prep...(yeah you're probably thinking WTF is that right?)
Finally at the one on one interview with the department manager, the person didn't really seem to care about anything I said from the beginning all the way to the end. It seemed like by the time they got to my interview, they had already made up their minds on someone they interviewed prior. I was scheduled for a 40 min interview and was out the door in less than 15. It didn't really matter what I said throughout the interview, this manager just wasn't interested. And so after thinking about what had happened, I thought if they were interested enough to bring me to this final stage, they should at least show some interest or at least pretend? Overall, this manager was not very professional when it came to interviewing.
Throughout this entire process I must have spoken to and emailed between 5-7 different individuals. Some were very helpful and friendly while many were just uninterested, and this includes more than just the manager who interviewed me one on one.
Also, I was told while leaving the facility that my file will now be taken over by another person and they will be my contact from now on....so how many employee contacts am I at now??
I think Target needs to reconfigure their recruitment and selection process because this has been the most unorganized one I have participated in.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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