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Updated Jan 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 11 ratings

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Neutral	45%
Negative	18%

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Received and Declined Offer

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.

Interview Questions

what is your religious preference?

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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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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)

Applied and received a call requesting an interview in 2 days. Did 2 back to back interviews. First was with the supervisor. He seemed very impatient and did a poor job on how to answer the "situation" cases. 2nd was with the LOD who was much nicer and professional.

Interview Questions

What are your strengths and your weaknesses?

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Why do you want to work at Target?

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Describe a situation in which you and a group worked together to achieve a goal. (95% of the interview consisted of these types of questions)

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Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Baltimore, MD (took a day)

I filled out the application online and then got a call 2 days later to interview for the following week. On the day of the interview, I had to go to a computer at Target and fill out a questionnaire, about 15-20 questions. It was hard for me to read the questions because it was near the checkout line and it was loud with people talking, but I got through it.

Later I waited for a few minutes and a team leader interviewed me for about 20-25 minutes. There were some basic questions about me and my background. She asked about 4 multi-part questions that were in the same format: tell me about an experience you had, how you handled it, and what was the outcome. I was shown around the place I would be working in the back as a stocker.

I waited a few minutes and the store manager interviewed me in the same way as the team leader. I was given a conditional offer and an HR person interviewed me for about 2 minutes to tell me about wage and the drug test and how they would communicate with me about the next steps. The conditions to the offer are that the background check is OK and the drug test is OK.

The people were friendly and the work culture seems nice.

Interview Questions

Why do you want to work here?

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Tell me about a problem you solved. (3 parts: the problem, how you handled it, the outcome.)

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Tell me about a time you worked with a group of people.

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Tell me about one of your weaknesses.

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Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with someone. (the issue, how it was handled, the outcome.)

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Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took a day)

I applied on the Target website and filled out all the personality test. When I hadn't heard back in three weeks I figured I wouldn't be hired. Finally I received a call and they wanted me to interview the next day. I first talked to one of the leads. They asked me a number of situational questions from a booklet. I am glad I had read on glass door about these as they didn't phase me too bad. Had I gone in cold I am sure I would have failed the interview, especially since it has been a few years since having one. After I talked to the lead I was then interviewed by another person. Same type of questions. BTW both associates were very nice. After answering all her questions she said she needed to see an HR person. When she came back she let me know they wanted to hire me but they didn't have the paper I needed to fill out. She asked if I could come back in a few hours. I said sure. I came back and met with an HR person and was informed of the seasonal job I would be doing. She gave me the drug test information (needs to be done within 24 hours). She said after the drug test and background check came back then she would schedule my orientation.
P.S. I rated this as a difficult interview because of all the situation questions. I have never had so many in all my job interviews. Again, I am glad I went in prepared. I don't think they care so much about what your examples are as long as you can explain yourself completely.

Interview Questions

Explain how you have mentored someone in the past and what was the outcome?

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What would a past employer or professor describe as your strengths and weaknesses?

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Negotiation Details

I didn't try and negotiate as the rate was $9.25 which is better than the minimum wage of $8.67 in Washington State. As this is a seasonal job I only expected to make minimum wage. I was pleasantly surprised.

Other Details

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

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Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 (took a day)

you get 2 interviews, one with your supervisor and the other with the store manager.

Interview Questions

why do you want to work here?

Answer Question

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2009 (took a day)

Had to wait for over two hours because the interviewer went to lunch and forgot about the people waiting to interview

Interview Questions

We don't like some rules. Tell me about a time when you did not follow a rule and what was the outcome?

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Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

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Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2010 (took a day)

I wanted to apply for a job at Target. The store application computers are always busy, so I decided to try the online application. I have to say that I wasn't very well prepared with all of the info needed and th application took me about an hour and a half. Might have been quicker if I wasn't at home, though with interruptions and all. Normal questions about school, work experience, etc. Turned it in back in May and never heard back.

Interview Questions

Reason for Leaving Most Recent Job

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Inappropriate?

1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in El Cajon, CA (took 1 week)

It was very odd. There was a written test with two different parts and then two different people coming in to interview me and asking me the same questions the last had as if they thought that I was lying the first time of something. It took a lot shorter time than they had estimated, but it was quite a tedious process.

Interview Questions

Why do you want this job?

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Are you attending school?

Answer Question

Other Details

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

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 (took a day)

I completed the in-store online personality test which consisted of multiple choice questions relating to situations of coworkers' dishonesty, apparent customer theft, and invitations to break the chain of command at work. The questions come in pairs with identical wording and multiple choices, except that the first in the pair asks which is the BEST choice, and the second in the pair asks which is the WORST choice. This test is followed by a one-on-one interview in which situation-based questions are asked. This is as far as I have progressed in the interview process.

Interview Questions

If you could change one thing about your past job experience, what would you change?

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Describe one of your weaknesses.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2007 in Delafield, WI (took 2 days)

They when over my application to see if anything had changed and they told me thing I would be doing and then asked me hours. I wasn't sure on my hours yet for school and they wanted a final answer so I gave them a general times. When I picked my classes I put a forum in to change hours. I got it back two weeks later saying denied that they hired me to work these hours and days. And they had already scheduled two weeks of work into the school year.