I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Target in Jul 2011
Interview
Applied online. The next day I received an email requesting for a good time to conduct a phone screening. During the phone screening, they asked questions like what kind of leadership experience do you have and why Target. The next step is an interview with a store team leader. This is where they bring in the behavioral questions like "Tell me about a time when you work as a team" or "Tell me about a time when you had to use feedback from others to influence your decision". The next step after this is an interview with the District Team Leader which is the one that decides whether or not you'll be a good asset to their team. The behavioral questions continued. Some examples would be "Tell me about a time there was a problem and how did you fix it?" and "Tell me about a time that you had to make a difficult decision and what was the outcome". After this interview, I recieved an email stating that they are going to pursue other applicants.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time when you helped out a team and what was the outcome.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Target (Pittsburgh, PA) in Jul 2011
Interview
I applied to the ETL position on the internet. I didnt hear anything for about 2 months or so. Then I got an email asking for a time for someone from corporate to call me. The interview went okay- nothing too hard. Just basic questions like- tell me about yourself, leadership strengths and weaknesses. THen she told me she was going to pass me onto the next interview.
The next interview was to be in person with a senior team leader but not of the area i would be working. I went to the store 15 mins early and asked for her. They took me to the back office- half of the employees in the back have never heard of her and half didnt know she was supposed to be in the store today. Therefore, they put me in an interview room. i waited for a half hour almost for her to finally show up with a look on her face like where was i? She did say she was sorry about all that but she was in starbucks waiting for me. I told her i asked for her and no one knew where she was. We then sat down to begin. (Not once did she tell me to meet her in starbucks, she even said she didnt bring my number with her to call me in case something happened...very unprofessional i think) Then she went on with simple questions and even what i like to do outside of work - then discussed a lot about how she is where she is and about her family and their vacation. Then asked if i had any questions... i thought it was done but then and she began the hard questions. She asked things like - describe a team project in school i took the lead of - describe a time you helped make a team leader better - and a few others i dont really remember ...I felt the questions where not very good questions because most had nothing to do with my experience and what i have been doing. Not one question where i could describe why i feel i would really be a good match. they were odd questions. Then it ended and a few days later i got the standard turn-down email.I was okay with it because i knew it was coming.
Basically, i was very excited to get this interview and seemed like a great opportunity but the interview went horrible especially because she probably got a bad impression waiting for me somewhere she never told me to go, also she was a very young manager who seemed to have moved up fast therefore she wasnt very nice.Got too much too soon. I would have love to have that opportunity but i suggest you really study behavior questions and make sure you have a place to meet them so there is no confusion. My views on target have definitely went down because the process was very unprofessional to me.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Target (Albany, CA) in Oct 2010
Interview
First contacted by a college recruiter who set up the interview process. There were two rounds, the first one was with the Executive Team Leader of that store branch. It was a pretty good interview. mostly behavioral questions and resume walk through. What they really want to see is your drive and leadership skills. It doesn't really matter if you don't have experience, but that you show that you can be an effective leader. Every one who works at Target is extreme nice which goes with their "Fast, Fun,Friendly" motto. so just remember to be personable in your interview process.
However the 2nd round interview had a very different tone. The director of the branch was much more serious, had hard hitting questions. More about your background experience. He was a bit rude to be honest. Was 1 hour late to the interview and stopped mid way to be on the phone ..