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Are there 'tough' interviews? Not really.

Typically, interviews will present a 'moral challenge' type question in order to gauge the critical thinking abilities of the candidate. How the candidate turned a 'failure' into an accomplishment, what the candidate believes is their greatest shortcoming, their dedication to their own career and career field, and so forth.

Guess it depends on how one perceives an interview initially.

One thing folks should love about interviews is they get to talk about themselves! It's a chance to shine, and be open about oneself.

Another great thing about interviews is that, most likely, the candidate has advanced beyond the initial process(s) of application / resume submission, and so forth.

Yet another great thing is that the prospective employee also has the opportunity to ask questions, and be equally 'tough' in evaluating the company, the company policies and procedures, and the company culture.

Keep in mind, new-hire prospects are (and should be) scrutinizing the prospective company as least as closely as the company interviewer is scrutinizing the candidates.

After all, it would be preferable to work for a company where one feels 'at home', as though they're that proverbial 'perfect fit', and receive the compensation & benefits package one feels is 'ideal' for their personal situation, wouldn't it? Absolutely!

As in most situations in day-to-day life, how one approaches the situation can be the most important factor in how that situation works out. Obstacles may be mere 'challenges', an opportunity to use hard-earned skill sets and hard-fought experience and end the day with a real sense of accomplishment.

A choice can be made to approach any interview as either a panic-ridden situation to be feared, or an excellent opportunity to 'show-off' the capabilities one has honed and refined.

Choose wisely.

From my experience with Target interviews, they are kinda nerve wracking, they will ask a lot of 'what would you do?' Question and will ask you to give real life experience examples on how you dealt with a situation.

Hi Rachel, I just went to an interview of this type yesterday 2 1/2 hrs one of the longest I've ever been through, although as a manager i have interviewed 100's if not thousands, I personally have only been interviewed a hand full of times myself, the important thing as everyone else has said is to be honest and relaxed, do some homework, here is some of what i did that may help?

1. I looked up the hiring manager i was interviewing with on LinkedIn.
2. I researched the restaurant i was interviewing for on google and printed menu's ect..
3. I printed all email correspondence for review
4. I researched the company on yelp, trip adviser ect..
5. I took a copy of my resume and references
6. I wrote about 15 questions to ask at the end of the interview (some examples) a) what about my resume made you think i might be a good fit? b) Was there anything during this interview that made you question my ability to meet or exceed your expectations for the job? c) Do you still think i would be a good fit for your company?

Also a handful of job specific questions like, # of employee's, training procedures, salary ranges, benefits ect...

I also rehearsed answers to a few basic questions i would be asked like..

1. Tell me about yourself?
2. Whats your biggest weakness?
3. Why should we hire you? Be there early, you do not want to be rushed and frantic also for me I am not a religious person but I am spiritual and try to take a few minuets to meditate and relax, the rest is out of your control. It's not an exact science but i hope some of it helps, Good Luck i'm sure you'll do GREAT!

Here's what you do - go out to monster and query interview questions. print off 2/3 pages of interview questions and study them and relate them to your career, the jobs you've had. Example: Tell me of a time that you went above and beyond your particular job duties. I let the interviewer know that we had changed from one ticketing system to another and one group in Texas was left out of the informational loop and when the 1st ticketing system was shut down they were lost and didn't know anything about the new one nor did anybody care. I was an IT Unix Lead who had knowledge of all facets of my companies business and anybody and everybody knew that I went beyond my normal daily responsibilities. This application group said to themselves, Patrick in Colorado will have the answers and point us in the right direction. I then went over to the Help Desk and told the manager what had happened and we set up a conference call with the 2 people that we're in charge of this application and we mapped out a plan to get the new ticketing system rolled out to them. In the mean time I suggested that they email my distro group in Colorado and we would help with their requests 24/7 until the new system was rolled out to them. Everybody was happy and it probably took maybe take 2 hours out of my schedule to assist in helping this one of probably 30 groups in this company but you have to help your internal customers as well as your external customers - you want to get them back working and making money for the company. So this is an example of applying my experiences to these interview questions. You're task is apply your experience to said questions and memorize them over and over and over again so you can repeat them in your sleep or if you we're stone drunk. (Crude analogy but there should be no hem/haws when you're answering questions). Please be aware, if you are unsure about the question asked there is no shame in asking them to please repeat the question so you can understand it more clearly thank you. Lastly, go out to the net and query 'retail interview questions'.

Hi Rachel, That’s a good question. I would imagine you could expect a more complex hiring process the higher the role you're applying for. I’ve never had a Target interview myself but I took a look around and found this humorous but effective article with some tips. Good Luck with the interview. http://www.businessinsider.com/tough-target-interview-questions-2015-7