Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Target with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Data Scientist according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Group panel interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
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Two round of interview. First round was technical and normal machine learning questions. 2nd round was only machine learning. Overall easy interview but they expect you to know everything in great detail, whatever you tell them.
I applied online. I interviewed at Target (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025
Interview
The interview process was well-structured, covering DSA and MLOps-related rounds. The questions primarily focused on problem-solving ability, handling edge cases, and strong fundamentals. The interviewers were supportive and gave adequate time to think through the problems. Overall, the difficulty level was moderate to hard, with a strong emphasis on writing clean code and demonstrating clear, structured thinking.
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Question 1
They mainly focused on DSA problems involving problem-solving, edge cases, and optimization, along with follow-up discussions on time and space complexity.
I applied online. I interviewed at Target (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
3 rounds:
Round 1 in the office of DSA problem solving
Rounds 2,4 over zoom with focus on machine learning, data science problem solving.
Each lasted 30 mins to 1 hour