Target HireVue Interview Questions & Answers

• Tell me about a time you were able to keep a friendly demeanor with someone who was upset or angry. …
• Tell me about a time you tried to sell a customer, teammate, or someone else on an idea, product, or service.

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1. Tell me about your background, relevant work experience, and why you are interested in this position.

The icebreaker question, and the easiest one from the virtual interview with Target. Remember that they do not care that much about your background. What they observe with your first answer is your overall demeanor, communication skills, level of enthusiasm, etc. Basically they try to get a basic grasp of your personality and intentions. If they get a bad impression, many hiring managers will close the interview and won’t even watch your other answers. What should you talk about?

Just generally describe who you are, your education, what you’ve done so far for a living (any retail experience is a plus but not a must), and most importantly explain why you want to work for Target, and how the job fits your life (and/or career goals). You should also say one or two positive things about Target as a brand–perhaps you like the way their stores are organized, their pricing policy, your family shops at Target for years, etc. The key is to start your HireVue interview on a positive note, and convince them that you really want to work for Target, and do not apply with them just because you need any job.

2. Tell me about a time you were able to understand someone else’s viewpoint that differed from your own. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

This one is mostly about conflicts in the workplace, something we cannot entirely avoid. The key here is to narrate a situation which demonstrates that you respect and understand opinions of other people. It doesn’t mean that you agree with them, but you respect them and can share the workplace with a colleague whose viewpoint or opinions differ strongly to yours.

If you want to come up with even more powerful answer, pick a situation in which you were actually wrong. That means a situation when you disagreed with someone, perhaps even argued, but eventually were able to overcome your ago and admit that the other person was right, and you changed your viewpoint, or the way you did some activity. Companies like Target love to hire people who are able to admit their own mistakes, and do not stubbornly push their cause, just because of their pride…

3. Tell me about a time you had to work with someone else to achieve a goal with multiple tasks, while you were under a tight deadline. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

This question combines two typical areas of situational interview questions: teamwork and meeting deadlines. It is an easier one for people with lack of working experience, because you can always talk about a situation from school, when you cooperated with one or two classmates on some seminary project, and had to deliver it until some specific day.

Anyway, the key is to say that you enjoy teamwork, that, despite the problems and the pressure you faced, you did well cooperating with others, supported your teammates, and did your best to achieve the goal. It also helps to say that you did not mind working overtime when the deadline was tight, since they may expect the same attitude from you at Target (for example during peak seasons like before holidays, when everyone goes shopping for groceries). You may or not emphasize your leadership role in the team, it isn’t that important for hiring managers at Target.

4. Tell me about a time you were able to keep a friendly demeanor with someone who was upset or angry. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

After the first icebreaker question, you will deal mostly with behavioral/situational questions. That means describing how you handled a certain situation, a situation you may realistically face in your job at one of the Target stores. The first one is a typical “difficult customer question”. An important tip at the beginning: if this is your first job application, you can talk about a situation from school, one when you had to deal with an upset or angry classmate, teacher, etc.

The key is to say that you focused on the solution of the problem, and did not let your emotions take over. Instead of heating up the conflict, you carefully listened to the other person, and tried to helped them–in whatever way fitting for the situation. At the end you can also say that you know some shoppers will be upset at Target (for whatever reason or no reason at all), and you feel ready to handle such situations with a calm head, trying your best to make sure each customer leaves the store satisfied.

5. Tell me about a time you were able to keep a friendly demeanor with someone who was upset or angry. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

After the first icebreaker question, you will deal mostly with behavioral/situational questions. That means describing how you handled a certain situation, a situation you may realistically face in your job at one of the Target stores. The first one is a typical “difficult customer question”. An important tip at the beginning: if this is your first job application, you can talk about a situation from school, one when you had to deal with an upset or angry classmate, teacher, etc.

The key is to say that you focused on the solution of the problem, and did not let your emotions take over. Instead of heating up the conflict, you carefully listened to the other person, and tried to helped them–in whatever way fitting for the situation. At the end you can also say that you know some shoppers will be upset at Target (for whatever reason or no reason at all), and you feel ready to handle such situations with a calm head, trying your best to make sure each customer leaves the store satisfied.

6. Positions in Target Stores include guest service and product handling duties as essential functions of the job. These duties require the ability to: [long list of duties]. Are you able to fulfill these?

Typically the list will include some duties many people may struggle with, such as occasionally lifting merchandise up to 40 pounds, or working night shifts, during holidays, etc. I suggest you to read this carefully, but at the end of the day you should show confidence that you will handle the job. Hence you should simply hit yes, and that’s it. The end of the interviews.

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Notes: They really give 3 tries, not one. And you can pause the video of yourself to do unlimited time. That way you can research the answer if needed but you are providing same questions so you should be prepared.

Tell me about your background, relevant work experience, and why you are interested in this position.

Tell me about a time you had to work with someone else to achieve a goal with multiple tasks, while you were under a tight deadline. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

Tell me about a time you were able to keep a friendly demeanor with someone who was upset or angry. Describe the situation, your actions, and the outcome.

This is not an exhaustive list of all essential functions for store hourly positions; instead, this list is intended to highlight certain core essential functions that are common to store hourly positions.

Why Do You Want to Work at Target?

This is a common question in all Target interviews. Here, you should tell the interviewer your reasons for applying for a job at Target. Make sure that you praise your future employer. You can talk about how you love their products, the experience you stand to gain, and your love for their work culture or environment. Avoid material reasons as much as possible.

Sample Answer

I have been your customer for quite some time and can’t fail to mention my love for your products and customer service. I would love to represent you and help people feel the same. I am also a university student majoring in commerce. This would be an excellent place to learn about retail, given that you are a Fortune 500 company.

What happens in a Target Virtual HireVue interview?

In a HireVue interview, you’ll record yourself answering questions.

Those questions might be shown to you as a couple of lines of text or they might be displayed as a pre-recorded video by someone at Target asking you that question.

Then, you’ll get around 30 seconds to prepare your answer and around two minutes to answer.

The number of questions varies, so be ready to answer anything from 2 to 5 questions.

You can answer on your cell phone, laptop, or desktop computer – as long as it has a camera.

Target is a retailer, so the vast majority of questions are going to be related to that business and your attitude in answering those questions should be one of a person who really cares about customer service.

If we take a look at Target’s values, it’s pretty clear what they are interested in:

• Great shopping
• Celebrating diversity and inclusion
• Community engagement
• Ethics at work

So make sure you care about giving Target customers a great shopping experience, have an open mind that values diversity and inclusion, that you think about your community and how to improve it, and – last but not least – have strong work ethics.

Below are a few sample questions that will get you familiarized with the types of questions asked on the Target HireVue interview. Email: Your question bank sample is on the way! You can practice live now at

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