I wanted to learn more about how to have a successful job interview. Thus, I decided to attend a career workshop about interviews presented by representatives from Target. I went to this workshop last month, so I can’t remember much of the specifics. The three representatives were very comfortable presenting useful tips on prepping for an interview. They emphasis the need to have scenarios that will answer questions. In other words, you would answer questions by describing a situation including what you did to solve the situation and what you learned in the end. This will help the interviewer to know more about you and your skills. They also emphasis the need to practice before coming to the real interview. In addition, they mentioned to make the interview as quick as possible so the interviewer won’t have room for more questions which may be a bad sign as it might mean that your answers were not clear and concise. Furthermore, they discussed that it is important to ask questions and to send them a thank you note afterwards. Besides discussing the interview prep, they also talked a lot about the Target Corporation. I never knew it was such a complex company until this workshop. Many attending the workshop were actually prepping themselves to interview for Target. Hence, this workshop had gave me a new perspective in Target Corporation in addition to prepping for a job interview. I still have not experience my first interview, so I do not know much about the process. However, this workshop certainly helped me understand more on what to do during an interview.
