Muse independent test — Whole Foods Market, “Sage” (Phase 4)
- Company / site: Whole Foods Market — careers.wholefoodsmarket.com redirected to https://careers.wholefoods.com/
- Date / time: Friday, November 6, 2026, approx. 2:35–2:39 p.m. EST (America/Toronto), runtime-measured window 2:12–3:20 p.m.
- Assistant: Sage, Sage AI Recruiting Assistant
- Vendor attribution (exact): “Powered by Paradox” — vendor CONFIRMED
- Role selected: New Store — Non-Perishable Team Member — Part Time — Valrico, FL — Opening Fall 2026, Job ID Req-202608009105, $16.75–$24.40/hr
- Job posting used: https://careers.wholefoods.com/new-store-non-perishable-team-member-part-time-valrico-fl-opening-fall-2026/job/Req-202608009105
- Personal information entered: None entered — but first and last name was demanded 9 times: immediately after terms, re-requested after the decline, and after A, B, C, D, E, F and G. No application submitted, no account created.
- Evidence type: Live browser session; transcript captured in summary form with verbatim fragments.
Transcript (as captured)
A0, A and B were deflected to the career page / job description, interleaved with name demands. C gave generic Whole Foods growth/customer-service values. D: “I apologize, that’s all the information I have available.” E said to browse opportunities and “I can help you apply!”. At F, Sage claimed: “I can answer any of your questions about our business, culture, team and more.” G was deflected. The posting page itself contains a full job description (Responsibilities, Knowledge/Skills, etc.), which Sage did not deliver at any point.
Scores
A0 FAIL · A FAIL · B FAIL · C PARTIAL · D FAIL · E FAIL · F PARTIAL (claim only — see scorer’s note) · G FAIL — 0 PASS / 2 PARTIAL / 6 FAIL
Session findings (observed, not inferred)
- Personal information demanded: First and last name, 9 times, despite the decline.
- Role content delivered: None; generic values only.
- Conventional form route: None offered.
- Errors / blocks: None.
Scorer’s note (ledger normalization): the live tester scored this session’s F answer “PASS (claim only)”; under the investigation’s standing convention from Phase 1, a capability claim contradicted by the same session’s A0–D performance is scored PARTIAL. The CSV and tallies use PARTIAL; the tester’s original label is preserved in this note.
