Target·Software Engineer

Target Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Negative

Minneapolis, MNPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview path was spread across several technical calls, and I felt like I was investing a lot of time for very little clarity.

After an initial phone conversation, I had a technical screen with a manager. That was followed by two more technical screens and then a pair programming session.

The topics weren’t described as extremely complex, but the experience didn’t feel smooth. One technical interview was supposed to be behavioral, yet the interviewer pivoted it into a technical conversation instead, and he came across as standoffish almost from the start. On top of that, I never received feedback afterward, which made the whole thing feel especially draining—like I couldn’t even tell what mattered most or where I

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