Even entry-level minimum-wage jobs want or expect experience

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and how do you answer some of the common job interview questions, also, a lot of the questions are situation-based questions, behavioral-questions, and they can be very tough to answer if i have not been in that situation before.

Use the internet to find sample questions and practice.

And use common sense. Your answers generally should not involve things like

"If i saw a guy taking stuff, I'd let him steal it"

"If a customer asked me where something is, I couldn't answer them"

"If I have a problem with a co-worker, I punch him in the face in the store."

Well these are the tough questions i've been asked:

"Why do you want to work here?" because I obviously can't just say I need a job in order to pay the bills, hiring-managers don't see it that way

"Tell me about a time you worked with somebody to achieve a goal that at first seemed impossible?"

"Give me a time when you were a leader of a group and how did you manage to lead the group?"

"Tell us a time you and other employees were asked to do a difficult task, how did you achieve it and what were the results (or something like that)?"

"Describe an instance you had to perform a task both quickly and accurately?"

"How would you handle a situation in which you weren't experienced or qualified to answer a customer's complaint or question?"

"What would you do if you were working on a task that needed to be completed with a time limit and some one else came along and ask/told you to do something else?"

"Recall a time when you had to complete a task or project that was a stretch of your skills, beyond your skillset?"

"Why should we hire you? or what can you do for us that other's can't?"