Mixed feelings - Executive Intern Target Employee Review

3.0
Jul 8, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

This position pushes you out of your comfort zone. You learn a holistic perspective of retail management/operations. You have to learn to analyze reports, manage teams, merchandise, handle guest situations, etc. Target has good training and is really focused on development. As an intern, you have the opportunity to interact with district leaders. Campus recruiting maintains good relationships with Target interns throughout the process.

Cons

The hours are the biggest downside. As an intern, you are capped at 40 hours a week, so you can't really begin to understand the hours that ETLs put in. Also, at times you feel like you are doing the exact same work as a team member. It really makes you think if you went to college to push tubs/zone areas/be a backup cashier, etc. Also, working at a store level really confines you to many corporate restrictions. There isn't much room to exercise creativity.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

If you are looking for a job that you’ll be a part of a fun team environment, have the ability to learn all about customer “guest” service, retail operations and sales, as well as merchandising even at entry level great opportunity. for such a large corporation I have been pleasantly surprised by how tight knit teams are. applying was okay, there were multiple steps (videos, assessments) but overall not too bad)., phone call and then video questions before hiring.

Cons

Pay isn’t great, but for the market it’s fair. Moving up involves a much larger increase in responsibilities and workload relative to the pay increase.

5.0
Jan 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Management - Pay - Benefits - Personal development - Vacation time - Culture

Cons

Long hours but worthwhile work.

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