I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Target (Carlsbad, CA) in Oct 2011
Interview
applied online and received a call within 2 weeks, the lady was very nice so it made the phone interview a lot easier,which i thought went really well we connected with common like things and she seemed impressed with me. She asked pretty basic questions, which were availability, why target, tell her more about myself and so forth. Then after the interview she said she'll call for a second interview, i never got that call which was such a bummer but overall my experience was great.
Initial communications were difficult, to say the least. We played phone tag over and over for two days, but when I finally got a hold of them they were very polite and very nice. I did an interview by phone at first. It was pleasant, certainly.
They will ask you VERY specific questions, wherein you have to draw from previous experience. It caught me off guard, but I was comfortable enough to take my time before I answered the interviewer. They said they wanted to get me in for an actual, face-to-face setup.
During that interaction, the interviewer was a little more callous. He seemed sort of distracted? He asked me the exact same questions I was asked via phone. I didn't know whether I was supposed to answer the same way or not! Ultimately, it ended with a drug test and I was hired. But still. Strange.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Please recall and describe for us a situation in which you were made to take on a leadership position and the result of said situation," ties with "If there's a guest at your register that is very adamant that the pricing is off, what do you do?"
First was wordy and mildly confusing.
But in the second, I wasn't aware you could adjust the price for customers.
(They can. Within 20$)