Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Target with 1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 100% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Target (Los Angeles, CA) in May 2014
Interview
Applied online, got called for an interview a couple days later.
Was walked into the senior management office area, where I waited with a handful of other applicants waiting for interviews.
I got called in for a 1 on 1 interview with the manager of the department I applied for, in this instance the guest service manager. After this, I waited a few more minutes and had another 1 on 1 interview with another manager. They found me satisfactory for the role and offered me a position on the spot. Took me back to the HR office and entered me into the system, pending a drug test which they provided the address of where to take it.
About one week later, training and orientation began.
Overall a very straightforward process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When was a time you faced a difficult situation and how did you handle it?
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Target in Mar 2015
Interview
I arrived early and was asked to take a "what would you do in this situation" questionnaire on a computer. This was simple and took around 10 minutes. I then let the customer service personnel know that I was finished and was taken to the break room for the actual interview. 20 minutes later, a front end superior introduced herself and asked my pre written "how would you react" questions and wrote down my answers. I was asked to wait in the break room, until about another 20 minutes later, a lady came out and instructed me to watch a cheesy video about target and to pay close attention The video lasted roughly five minutes long, but I ended up waiting 45 minutes for a sales team leader to come out and interview me. This lady also had another ridiculous packet of how would you react questions. The fact that they had to follow a paper for help came off as unprofessional, and the amount of time i spent waiting at Target was absurd(a total of 2 1/2 hours). After that was finished she asked about my availability(which my hours are hard to follow because I am a student and a competition team dancer). She told me that everything looked good, and that I would receive a call shortly. I was offered a position, but declined. I would never want to work for such an unprofessional business.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about a time when you had to work as a team.
I applied through other source. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Target (Bellevue, WA) in Apr 2015
Interview
I applied at an in-store kiosk that consisted of a pretty lengthy questionnaire, and was called a few days later to schedule an interview. Upon arriving I was again directed to the kiosk for a secondary questionnaire that was much shorter before an in-person interview.
The manager who interviewed me was very friendly, and the questions were pretty typical. Some did require specific examples where you have demonstrated certain traits, like leadership, but nothing too difficult. After this interview I was directed to go watch a recruitment video of sorts before I had another interview with a different person.
The second interview was very similar to the first, also requiring specific examples from my life. They also asked what I learned about target from the video, so try to at least pay attention enough to have an answer for that.
After all this (the whole process took around an hour with waiting time between interviews), I was directed to HR and hired on the spot. Overall the interviewing process was more lengthy than difficult. Just try to come across positive and energetic.