job interview, have to lift 50 pounds?

go to the interview. GO TO EVERY INTERVIEW YOU EVER GET ASKED TO GO TO.

Chances are, unless you are carrying a person out of the store for medical reasons, you will never have to lift 50 pounds while at work. Ever.

What you need to understand is Kohl's uses 1 application for ALL jobs. Some do require heavy lifting. The majority do not.

Is there some reason you think lean people are physically weak?

When I was 16 I got a job at a large Humane Society and every Tuesday myself and another person unloaded and stacked an entire storage room full of 50 pound dog food bags and heavy cases of canned food. It wasn't any big deal.

This isn't about your age or weight. This is about you being able to lift 50 pounds. Can you? Most healthy young adults can.

A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds, a large bag of pet food can weigh 30-50 pounds. A small bag of concrete weighs 40 pounds 5 gallons of paint will weigh around 50 pounds. A car battery will weigh around 40 pounds.

A wedding gown can easily weigh 30-50 pounds, complete with train, and all the frills.

A large order of clothing can weigh 50-100 pounds, especially during the holiday seasons.

You're very likely able to lift the weight or shift it from the counter to the shopping cart. Or may need to be able to move that much weight around to stock the shelves, or set the displays. You may not be able to do it very often, at first, but the more you find the need to do it, it will become easier, with repetition.

Just take on the tasks that are presented as they are presented, and not try to take on everything at the beginning. You are more than you think you can do or be - you were uniquely, and wonderfully made - to be you. Don't put yourself down, as long as you try to learn, and do your best, and be willing to do what ever you're asked to do (morally and ethically).

Just go, be polite, enthusiastic, energetic, and willing to do what needs to be done, for the store to do well, and you should do well in the process.

You can probably do it, I can and I am a short old woman. At a store they will only have you rarely lift anything more than a box of dresses and if too heavy you can ask for help. Go to the store like Walmart and look for a bag of dog food that weighs 50's and try to lift it from a place knee high not the floor. We buy bags of grain that size and I can lift them but wouldn't want to all day everyday.

50 lbs isn't especially heavy. You've probably lifted more doing your shopping or laundry.

Try it a few times before the interview to see if you can comfortably lift something of that weight. Make sure you use correct manual handling and lifting techniques.