I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Target (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2011
Interview
I sent in my app for the season last year, around November. In the app you have to answer a questionarre, This is to determine if you will fit into the environment. After my app I got a call within a week for an in person interview at the target store. At the interview I had to sign in on a sheet and fill out a situational questionarre. I waited with some others in another room waiting to be called in for an interview. When It was my turn I went into the first room, the guy was very nice and ask me situational questions like: "Tell me a time you had to work in a group" or "Was there a time that you did not get along with someone and what did you do to handle it?". After that I was told to go to another room, this was my final interview. The lady was super sweet and made me feel so comfortable, she asked me some general questions like: "Why do you want to work at target?" and one or two situational questions like: "Was there ever a time you felt like you had to much to do, what did you do to handle this?" "Have you ever made a mistake? How did you fix it?". Since I was the last interview I was told to go the room next door to talk to the HR manager, I got the job!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Was there a time that you did not get along with someone and what did you do to handle it?"
It was two interviews. The first one was a recorded interview for 15 minutes and the second interview was in person. The questions were very similar. It is common questions that they would ask for being in retail.
Was just a quick 10 minute call from the store manager, didn't take long at all. He asked if I had the availability he was looking for and if I could be punctual. Smooth process
It was overall very brief from applying to hearing back. Was just a day of meeting with a couple managers and talking through a cashier job. Nothing too out of the ordinary for a role like this.
Cashier applicants have rated the interview process at Target with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cashier roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2,053 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Target overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Target as a Cashier according to 2,053 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Drug test: 16%
Background check: 14%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 1%
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