An unbelievable process. Company sent me the email addresses and phone numbers of over 30 management members - I was supposed to call and communicate with all these people for due diligence prior to the interview. Needless to say, I only got to about 4 before I had to fly out and I felt a a good measure of disdain and incredulousness that I had not reached out to all 30 members. Toured 5 stores prior to interview (spent the whole day driving and walking in each store). Toured with a store manager on one site. Additionally the company also cc'd all the job candidates on the original email list of names. So I saw who was interviewing before I ever showed up. Day of the interview, I walked in and the receptionist asked me if I brought 25 copies of my resume?!?!. I said no, - no one had communicated to bring that many ( I actually had about 10 copies with me). After a short wait, I was escorted into an extremely large room about the size of 3 conference rooms. There were twenty one (21) people at an enormous table!!! I was seated at the end. It was announced by the SVP at the end of the table, I would be questioned for 45 minutes by these 21 people (everyone from facility managers, project managers, designers on up to the president of the Division). A very grueling and intimidating process of which I have never experienced in my life. I've been in front of 3 to 4 managers at a time - but 21 !!!. At the end, I was given the chance to ask a few questions. The SVP thanked me and said they would get back to me shortly. A few days later I received an email response (turn-down) by one of the receptionists. Whole foods can keep their whole conference room of people. Funny thing - I knew I didn't have any chance when I saw that 2 internal candidates were on the original email. I can only offer that management must be so unsure of themselves that it takes the entire division's senior management team to make up their mind. They can keep their "team- culture" At every store I toured, the "team members" seemed grim and stoic (especially behind the prepared foods counter), like they were working as fast as they could. No smiles, no hello's. Just brute speed and efficiency with no acknowledgement by store management that they were real people. Publix has more friendly faces (and lower prices even for organic items). Never again. Now I know why I see so many Whole Foods managers on LinkedIn and job sites jumping ship for other opportunities.