Seasonal Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Kohl's with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Seasonal Sales Associate roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 397 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Kohl's overall takes an average of 11 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Kohl's as a Seasonal Sales Associate according to 397 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 38%
One on one interview: 14%
Drug test: 12%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 5%
Phone interview: 5%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Kohl's (Springfield, PA) in Nov 2014
Interview
Applied online about 2 months before kohl's contacted me for an interview. Set up an interview time, thought it was going to be one on one but it was a group interview with 7 other people. I was the only one dressed professionally, which I thought was odd. The interviewer asked all of us to fill out an availability form, then she checked them and went around the table were we had to talk about our retail experience. 2 of the people had to leave because they weren't over 18, felt bad for them because on the online application it stated that you had to be over 18 to apply so they should have been flagged from the start. After we said our experience the interviewer talked about the next step, basically we had to wait on an email to consent to a background check and whatnot. And that we were all hired if we passed. However I did not think the job would be minimum wage since it was seasonal, and usually seasonal jobs pay somewhat well. So I was disappointed about the rate, and that there would be no overtime whatsoever. The interview process was somewhat quick. As soon as you walked in though you were basically forced to open a kohls charge before you were brought back to the interview room.
Basic simple interview, mine was over the phone asking availability, why you want to work here, your strengths and weaknesses. They will tell you a little bit about working there and the company and thats about it. Nothing difficult and they will give you scenarios to see how you would handle them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
if there was an upset customer, how would you handle it?
I applied online. I interviewed at Kohl's (Stockbridge, GA)
Interview
Process was pretty simple and straightforward. Longest part was waiting between the initial application and being selected to schedule an interview, which took about 6 weeks. My phone interview lasted around 20 minutes where they asked the typical questions. I was hired the next day.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Kohl's (Westminster, CO) in Nov 2025
Interview
Got the interview but was told to re-schedule to the next day just 45 mins ahead. Then the manager or supervisor (named Laura) never called back. I don't even bother to call them back because I ended up accepted a better offer from another company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"I will need to re-schedule you to a different day" (45 mins before the interview)