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00:00This is a job interview from hell.
00:04I've been in business for 40 years.
00:06Your prize is working with me.
00:09From across the country, 16 tycoons of tomorrow have come to London.
00:15Don't start telling me that you're just like me, because no-one's like me.
00:19I'm unique.
00:21They're here to compete for a job with a six-figure salary,
00:25working for Britain's most belligerent boss.
00:28I think this is outrageous.
00:30You haven't got a bloody clue. Not a bloody clue.
00:34Famously hard to please, Sir Alan Sugar controls a vast business empire
00:40worth over £800 million.
00:43Once again, he's on the hunt for an apprentice.
00:47It's up to you. You open your bloody mouth,
00:49or I'll fire, they'll bloody fire with you if I have to.
00:52I don't give a shit.
00:53To land their dream job...
00:55I'm not going to be right.
00:57..the candidates will have to live...
01:00If you don't perform, you're out. Simple as that.
01:03..and work together.
01:05Please don't say I'm going to manage.
01:06Just let me get on with what I'm doing and we'll win the task.
01:08This is far too much, Fuzz.
01:12But there's just one job.
01:15You're fired. You're fired.
01:17This was a total disaster.
01:19You're fired.
01:19Previously on The Apprentice.
01:31Sir Alan put his foot down,
01:33driving the candidates into the supercar business.
01:36You've got to rent these cars to a very special clientele.
01:40Bring it forward.
01:41Claire quickly took pole position for her team.
01:44What do you think of it?
01:45It's gorgeous, isn't it?
01:46I'll go get the paperwork, then.
01:49While team leader Michael struggled to get out of first gear.
01:53Take an hour.
01:54At least do it for an hour because you're going to regret it.
01:56No, I'm not going to do it.
01:57OK.
01:59On the other team, Lee was the latest
02:03in a long line of project managers to clash with Lucinda.
02:06I need everyone to be accountable for something.
02:10I'm not going to come and hold your hand.
02:11Don't say it's holding my hand because it's not holding my hand.
02:14Then how would you explain it then?
02:15I would say offering support.
02:17See you later.
02:18But Lee managed to rally his team for some big sales.
02:21OK.
02:22Yeah.
02:22Order for two days?
02:23Two days.
02:24Fantastic.
02:25Yeah.
02:25You're going to go for it?
02:26Yeah.
02:27Alex led the way with £10,000 worth of business.
02:31Grab a gun, dude.
02:32To take them to the chequered flag.
02:34Super salesman Alex, then.
02:36Thanks, Sean.
02:37On the losing side, Helen failed to shift anything.
02:41Let me tell you something.
02:42She has got a mouth the size of Blackwell Tunnel that is a great salesperson.
02:47You, I see nothing.
02:49You tell me, what are you good at?
02:51I have never done direct sales.
02:52I've been stuck in a corporate environment in an office for a lot of years.
02:56But that said, I've got stuck in.
02:58I've come out of my comfort zone and I will give it absolutely my all.
03:01But it was team leader Michael who finally ran out of gas.
03:05Michael, I think this time I have to say to you, you're fired.
03:11Thank you for the opportunity.
03:12And became the 11th casualty of the boardroom.
03:15Now just five candidates remain to fight for the chance to become The Apprentice.
03:21One week to go before Sir Alan decides who will be his next apprentice.
03:38Time is running out for the five candidates to stake their claim.
03:45This is Francis from Sir Alan's office.
03:48He wants you to meet him at the Vigeland head office.
03:50The cars will be with you in half an hour.
03:52Thanks, Francis.
03:53Mmm.
03:54That's exciting.
03:55Summoned to one of Sir Alan's head offices, they suspect what lies ahead.
03:59I hope we're going to be doing some interviews today.
04:04I like interviews.
04:05It's a chance to chat.
04:07It's my chance to talk.
04:08If it is interviews today, then yeah, I'm nervous.
04:10Because obviously you're going to go and get an arse chewing from top people within Sir Alan's businesses.
04:15It's going to be hardcore because we're down to the final five.
04:17Lucinda Ledgerwood is a business analyst on £100,000 a year.
04:24So far, she's the most successful candidate, having won eight out of ten tasks.
04:29To my mind, I am the strongest candidate here.
04:32My CV is very accomplished.
04:34I'm determined and dedicated and I get on.
04:36With six losses, senior retail buyer Claire Young has the worst record.
04:42I feel that I've almost got to know Sir Alan.
04:44We've had a lot of dialogue.
04:46I've had his finger waved in my face.
04:48I've had him screaming in my face.
04:50In a way, I think losing his character building.
04:53Never taken back into a final boardroom by a losing team leader, recruitment sales manager Lee McQueen.
05:00I'm a nice guy, but the fact of the matter is I'm not going to put myself in the bottom three just to get face on with Sir Alan.
05:07It's a good record.
05:08You don't go and lose football matches just for the experience.
05:12You want to win.
05:16Not exciting.
05:20Not exciting.
05:28Another survivor and the youngest at 24, sales manager Alex Wotherspin.
05:34The CV's not as long in the tooth as many of the other candidates and, you know, I can't help that.
05:40I'm 24 years old, I can't extend my age.
05:43But I am dynamic, I'm agile, I've got the full package to be the apprentice.
05:49At 32, the oldest candidate still standing is Helene Speight, pricing leader for a global corporation.
05:57At times I've thought, you know, I was going to be sent packing when I felt I haven't performed very well.
06:02But I have got a good CV, I've got a proven track record, it's not bullshit and I'm going to give it absolutely everything I've got because I need to prove myself.
06:32Good morning.
06:35Good morning, sir.
06:36The good news today is that you're not going to be set a task.
06:41However, you're still in for a very tough time.
06:45Because I have four of my very trusted colleagues and they're going to put you through a very intensive interview process
06:54that's going to find out if you've really got what it takes to work for me.
07:00They're going to report back to me and tomorrow, in the boardroom, three of you are going to get fired.
07:06Today, the candidate's credentials will be put under the microscope by four of Sir Alan's toughest business colleagues.
07:25This is like, my ass is actually on the floor at the moment.
07:29I'm absolutely shitting myself.
07:30No-nonsense property tycoon Paul Kelmsley has been instructed by Sir Alan to probe the candidate's strength of character.
07:42Difficult, your CV.
07:44Really struggling with it.
07:47You're boring, Alex.
07:48I'm sorry?
07:49You're boring.
07:50I'm not boring.
07:50Once Sir Alan's global troubleshooter, Claude Littner now works for himself.
07:57And when it comes to hiring and firing, he's ruthless.
08:01I'm just reading your CV and you look to me as though, frankly, you're unemployable.
08:11Borden Katchuk, chief executive of Vigland Computers, has worked for Sir Alan for over 20 years.
08:17A stickler for detail, he'll dig deep into the candidate's backgrounds.
08:23You're not an apprentice, are you?
08:25Why?
08:25I don't know what you're doing here.
08:30And stepping into the line-up, Karen Brady.
08:34She became managing director of Birmingham City Football Club at just 23,
08:39and has since won Sir Alan's respect as one of Britain's leading businesswomen.
08:43Karen's job today, focus on the candidate's personal strengths.
08:49So what are you fantastic at?
08:51Sales.
08:52That's your number one skill, is it?
08:54No, I didn't say that.
08:56We are so close.
08:57If you nail this, you're in the final.
08:59And that's why I'm nervous about it, because I'm so close to saying that I really want.
09:03Yet all of that hard work for the last ten weeks,
09:06within a few hours of interviews, that could go straight out the window.
09:09That's why I'm scared.
09:10I want to make sure that they want me.
09:17Good to meet you.
09:18And you, have a seat.
09:21So, Lee, when I'm reading your CV and it says,
09:24you use humour to lighten the mood of things.
09:27Yeah, I think it's important to do that, yeah,
09:29especially when you're running a sales team.
09:30So, I want to see this silly impression of a dinosaur you do.
09:34Have a reverse terodactyl.
09:36Got to see it.
09:36Do you want to see it right now?
09:37Absolutely.
09:38Unbelievable.
09:39Go on.
09:39Okay.
09:44Impressive?
09:46I don't think he'd be too impressed.
09:49I didn't find it funny, but he definitely wouldn't.
09:51Yeah, and I wouldn't do a reverse terodactyl in front of Sir Alan.
09:54So, why don't you just say no, then?
09:55This is a serious interview.
09:56It's a serious job.
09:58I'm not going to do it.
09:59I'm not going to mess around.
10:03You come across, to me anyway,
10:05as just a nice, fun guy.
10:07Is there any substance to you?
10:08Yeah, of course, there's lots of substance to me.
10:11I'm not here to be a jester.
10:12For example, when somebody needs to be fired,
10:14I had to fire a 42-year-old man who had two kids.
10:17He was crying to me, Paul.
10:19He said, look, Lee, give me another chance.
10:20I need to have another chance.
10:22I can't provide for my family.
10:24But I had to fire him because he wasn't performing.
10:26How did that make you feel?
10:27Well, I wouldn't feel great about it.
10:29I didn't go and shout from the rooftops,
10:30yeah, look at me, I'm an arsehole.
10:33But it had to be done for the business.
10:34And it was the right business decision to do.
10:36But so what?
10:37What value are you going to add?
10:39Sir Alan is all about making money.
10:41What are you going to do?
10:43You're a worker, Lee, aren't you?
10:44My theme was, you're really passionate,
10:51you're really driven, you're really nice.
10:53That's nice, though.
10:54Yeah, but it's not, is it?
10:55Because nice guys don't win.
10:57No.
10:58I don't.
11:03Hey, good afternoon.
11:07Clearly, you're a very, very bright, intelligent individual.
11:10But you look to me as though you're not employable.
11:14Why would you say that I look to be unemployable?
11:16I am a contractor.
11:17I've never been out of contract.
11:19So you're not actually employed by a company.
11:21You contract your services to the company.
11:23Absolutely.
11:23Right.
11:24Which means that I have to work on my own merit.
11:26If you can't hold your own, if you can't demonstrate...
11:27Why are you a contractor?
11:28I enjoy the flexibility of going to different businesses
11:31and working in different areas.
11:32Yeah, no, isn't it right that actually you're a contractor
11:34because no one's going to employ you?
11:36No.
11:36I can absolutely promise you
11:38that there is absolutely no grounding in that assumption.
11:40But your jobs have got nothing, as far as I can see,
11:42to do with anything to do with teamwork.
11:45Nothing to do with working in a company environment
11:47because you're an outsider.
11:48You're a contractor.
11:49I lead teams.
11:50So you lead teams, but you don't like being part of a team.
11:52Oh, absolutely. No, no, no.
11:52Part of a team is leading a team as well.
11:54How have you got on with your colleagues on The Apprentice?
11:56It has been a struggle within The Apprentice.
11:58For you or for them?
12:00Probably for both.
12:04Lucinda's been up there ages.
12:05Oh, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that.
12:09And she'll be going,
12:09Um, um, excuse me.
12:11And he'll just be like,
12:12Shut it.
12:14Shut up now.
12:15This process has been particularly difficult.
12:17Why is that?
12:18Is there something in your character
12:18that just gets up people's noses?
12:20I'm not the normal bod.
12:22And people feel threatened
12:23with my nice accent
12:24and my funny dress sense.
12:26And people will not listen.
12:28That they're not willing...
12:28No, they're not willing...
12:29People will not listen?
12:30I mean, you are unbelievable.
12:31Not necessarily to take things...
12:32Yeah, because what you say is law.
12:33They won't listen.
12:34How about you listening?
12:36How about you listening?
12:40I'm listening.
12:41I don't mean to me now.
12:42I mean generally.
12:44I just find it really hard
12:45to deal with you, Lucinda,
12:46because I just feel that
12:47you cannot possibly work with a team.
12:49I just don't see how it works.
12:50I understand that teamwork is crucial.
12:52And I can assure you
12:53that I am a good team player.
12:55And reliable and stable.
12:58And very employable.
12:59Well, that'll be for Salon to decide.
13:01Thank you very much.
13:12She's smiling.
13:14Remacing, maybe.
13:18How was it?
13:20Quite intense, to say the least.
13:25I don't know.
13:25All these questions are coming up, which...
13:27I'm actually thinking that
13:33maybe I shouldn't be here.
13:35What is my motivation?
13:37What's my drive?
13:38Do I want to be
13:39in a permanent employee
13:40with very little diversity?
13:43I'll be crawling the walls.
13:45I'll be driving everyone mad.
13:46Hello.
14:00So, I've been doing a lot of reading about you.
14:03You've spent most of your career
14:05in cosmetics, shampoo and toothpaste.
14:07Yeah.
14:08I've worked in marketing,
14:09I've worked in sales,
14:10I've worked in retail.
14:11You were also a club rep.
14:12I was.
14:13I was a club rep when I was 18, 19 and 20.
14:16I did what all, you know, teenagers do.
14:18I went out.
14:19What's that?
14:20Well, I liked boys,
14:21I liked drink,
14:22I liked music,
14:23but there's nothing which,
14:24if my grandma picked up the paper,
14:25I'd be embarrassed about.
14:26I haven't done anything particularly sordid.
14:28You say what under your biggest achievements
14:30is an eight,
14:32I just want to quote you on it,
14:33if you don't mind.
14:35Eight million incremental cash profit.
14:38Yeah.
14:38What's that mean?
14:39Okay, I added eight million pounds
14:42onto my cash margin bottom line.
14:44What do you earn a year at the moment?
14:45Eight to five thousand.
14:47Right.
14:47Plus bonuses.
14:48And what's been your biggest bonus to date?
14:51My bonus last year was 27K.
14:54So, you increased profit by eight million pounds.
14:57Yeah.
14:57And they gave you 27,000.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Not a very good negotiator, are you?
15:02Erm, I...
15:02I mean, I have to tell you,
15:03if you did that sort of increase in my business,
15:05you'd be earning a lot more than 27,000 bonus.
15:07But I think that's very...
15:08I mean, I think I'd actually like to give you a job
15:10because you're cheap.
15:11I think...
15:12Clearly can't negotiate
15:13and we can get away with murder.
15:14Paul, I can negotiate
15:15and I wouldn't ever say that I'm cheap.
15:17I'm very happy with the salary which I earn.
15:19I'm very pleased with the job which I did last year.
15:21But that's why I'm sat here
15:22because I know that I'm capable of so much more.
15:25I can tell you you didn't do a good deal there.
15:27Okay.
15:27Yeah, something's wrong.
15:36It's quite hot.
15:40There's something quite powerful about him,
15:41quite sort of like Neanderthal.
15:43The fact that he's worth, like, over 200 million.
15:45I should have just, like, leaned over that desk
15:47and sucked his lips off.
15:48So you're the former landscape gardener
16:03who now works in a supermarket.
16:05I don't work in a supermarket.
16:07I was the north regional manager of four sales teams.
16:11The CV's one of the most boring CV's I've ever read.
16:15You're welcome.
16:16Tell me about yourself.
16:18Tell me something interesting
16:19because I didn't find anything interesting in the CV.
16:21You didn't.
16:2224 years old.
16:23Obviously, taking into account my age,
16:25that's why my CV isn't as extensive as others.
16:27I can't change it.
16:27I was running my own business two years before.
16:29Fantastic.
16:3022.
16:32Right.
16:32So, what do you think is your substance?
16:36You're a good salesperson,
16:37but do you have that all-rounded business experience?
16:40You know, I believe that I've got as much experience
16:42as I could have at my age at 24.
16:45Alex, I was 23 when I was running Birmingham City Football Club.
16:49You're a year older.
16:50Yeah.
16:50So, what's your substance?
16:57I noticed here that you were born in Bolton.
16:59Yeah, that's right, yeah.
17:00Is it not, then, pretty normal
17:03that if you were born in Bolton
17:04that you would speak English?
17:06I do speak English, yeah.
17:07Yes, but it's very unusual to find that in your CV
17:09somebody who's born in England
17:11actually puts down as one of his skills
17:13English fluency.
17:17Fluency in English?
17:19I mean, looking through your CV,
17:20you big yourself up a lot.
17:22You've got advanced skills.
17:24It's not enough to say you've got skills
17:25of consultation or negotiation.
17:27You've got the advanced skills.
17:28In relation to my age,
17:30I believe I have an extensive skill set,
17:32you know, to your average 24-year-old.
17:34You know, your general...
17:35You've done some market survey, have you?
17:36I haven't done a market survey,
17:38but I've got a lot of friends
17:38who are around the same age as me,
17:40so if I wanted to take a sample of the market,
17:42then that would be my sample,
17:43and in comparison to my friends,
17:44my success...
17:45You've got thick friends.
17:45I beg your pardon?
17:46Have you got some thick friends?
17:47I wouldn't say so.
17:48I mean, not that education counts,
17:49but I did go to private school for 14 years.
17:51How do you think Alex is?
17:52He seems quite...
17:54Is he all right?
17:54Alex is sweet, mate.
17:55Yeah, he's fine.
17:56Bless him.
17:58He's so sensitive
17:59and takes everything to heart.
18:01I think Alex is cool.
18:02He seems you are.
18:03That's good.
18:05Let's look at this positively for a moment.
18:07Let's say that you actually do win through.
18:10What are the things that you're going to offer,
18:11Sir Alan?
18:12I think one of my key skills is,
18:14you know, being adaptable
18:15in any situation.
18:16Like you say, I'm 24 years old,
18:18so I haven't experienced...
18:20Can you not just answer a question?
18:21I'm funny...
18:21I mean, it's just how many times
18:23do I have to ask the same question
18:24before you actually give me an answer.
18:26What is it that you're going to offer Sir Alan?
18:28What is it?
18:29Adaptable.
18:29I've written that down.
18:30Right.
18:30What is it you've got?
18:31Sir Alan is looking for an apprentice.
18:32I'm not a 35-year-old person
18:34with a lot of experience.
18:35I'm pretty raw.
18:36Don't tell me what you're not.
18:37Tell me what you are.
18:38I'm an individual...
18:39I know you're 24,
18:41but what are you good at?
18:42When I go into the boardroom tomorrow,
18:43I'm going to say,
18:44that Alex bloke,
18:45he's dead hot on...
18:46Give me some ammunition.
18:48Everything that I say I am,
18:49you're knocking it down.
18:50I'm motivated...
18:51I'm not.
18:51I'm highly moti...
18:52I'm motivational.
18:54OK.
18:55Alex, thank you very much indeed.
18:58All right.
19:08Hello, Alex.
19:09How are you?
19:10She returned.
19:11With a hand on you.
19:13Did he grow you?
19:14Yeah, yeah.
19:14She's an absolute bulldog.
19:17I thought he was quite tough.
19:19Can you come out for a case?
19:22It'll be good.
19:23You always articulate yourself well.
19:34Nervous?
19:35A little bit, yeah.
19:36Shouldn't be.
19:37You describe yourself as being ballsy.
19:39Yeah, I'm a ballsy northerner.
19:40But you don't come across as that ballsy.
19:41I'm some ballsy, you know,
19:43to get where I am,
19:43in a male-dominated environment,
19:45in engineering,
19:45you have to be bloody ballsy.
19:47They're not going to have
19:47a Wilton Violet site in an office,
19:49are they,
19:49heading up a 500-strong sales team.
19:52I've gone in and taken over a job
19:53from, like, a 40-year-old male,
19:55and it's a real male-dominated environment.
19:58And they didn't like it.
19:58They're like,
19:59women haven't worked here in 11 years,
20:00and I've got the shittiest office.
20:02They tried hiding contracts from me,
20:04giving me misinformation,
20:05and I've worked bloody hard.
20:07But you're walking away from that?
20:09Yeah, I am walking away from it
20:09because it's time for me to walk away from it.
20:10So it's all for you, or...?
20:12No, not at all.
20:13I've delivered.
20:14And, in fact, Paul,
20:15it's too easy now,
20:16and I need to get out there
20:17and throw myself into something completely new,
20:19which is why I'm here.
20:20I'm not bullshitting anyone.
20:22Highlight for me
20:23the most significant event in your life
20:26that's brought you here in front of me today.
20:30You know, it's kind of personal, really,
20:32but, you know,
20:32I came from a pretty bad background
20:34and was almost forced to leave school
20:37at a very young age.
20:38Tell me about that.
20:40Both my parents were alcoholics,
20:42and it was a very sort of troubled childhood.
20:44And, you know,
20:45leaving school with very few qualifications,
20:47it was very apparent
20:48that I would have to work
20:49literally from the bottom up.
20:51And then I thought,
20:52you know what,
20:53I want a different life
20:54than what I've had up to now,
20:55and I'm going to work my damned hardest
20:56to try and be successful
20:58and get to the top.
20:59And I have had to fight incredibly hard,
21:01but I'm not prepared
21:02to let anything stop me now
21:04to be successful,
21:04and I think I've done incredibly well
21:06with a fairly bad start in life.
21:08Do you think that makes you
21:10a stronger candidate
21:11than the rest of the guys?
21:13Yeah, no,
21:13I think that's fair to say.
21:15But to be honest,
21:16I have struggled
21:17through this process.
21:19Why is that?
21:20I'm just not used
21:22to being surrounded
21:23by 15 gobshites.
21:39Hi, good afternoon.
21:41So, Lucinda,
21:43you're a business analyst,
21:45you like pressing flowers.
21:47You like scuba diving,
21:48but you've got a diploma
21:49in Chinese medicine
21:50and aromatherapy.
21:53You're not really
21:53a serious businesswoman,
21:54are you?
21:55I am absolutely
21:56100% a businesswoman.
21:58How does Sir Alan know
21:59that after three months
22:00you're not going to run off
22:01and open some kind of
22:03yoga retreat
22:03in a cave in Nepal
22:04or something?
22:05If I was to want to run off
22:06to open a yoga retreat
22:08in Nepal,
22:09then I would have done it by now.
22:10But you're not really
22:10motivated by business,
22:12are you?
22:12I am absolutely
22:13motivated by business.
22:14Are you motivated by money?
22:16If I was motivated...
22:17Are you into money?
22:17If I was motivated by money,
22:18I would have a smart car
22:20and I would have a big house.
22:21So you're not
22:21motivated by money?
22:22I drive a scooter, no,
22:23and I would not be here
22:23because I earn in excess
22:24of what they're offering.
22:25I have a very strong work ethic
22:27and I work very hard
22:29at what I do
22:29and I am very good
22:30at what I do
22:31and that is where
22:31I get my kicks.
22:32It's not the money.
22:33You're not coming across to me
22:34as someone who takes
22:35the business world
22:36particularly seriously.
22:38Don't you think
22:38the best thing you can do
22:39at the moment
22:39is question why you're here?
22:41She says,
22:44I don't want
22:44a permanent job.
22:47The job of Sir Helen
22:48is a permanent job.
22:50I was like,
22:51what the fuck
22:51are you doing here?
22:52They're all breaking
22:53out of balls.
22:54I'm going through
22:54this from Brickham's
22:55process
22:56and you don't want
22:57a permanent job.
23:00One down,
23:01four left.
23:02So you've got to look
23:03at it.
23:03Do your fellow
23:05candidates like you?
23:07On the whole,
23:07no.
23:08I have had,
23:09Paul,
23:09a shocking time.
23:10Have you?
23:11Absolutely.
23:11I have on times
23:12questioned whether or not
23:13this has actually been
23:14a business
23:14or whether or not
23:15it's been more of
23:16unprofessional people
23:17cackling and gaggling
23:19and pushing and shoving.
23:20I'm not a glory hunter.
23:21Lucinda,
23:21that's what goes on
23:22in business.
23:23I've worked in business
23:24for 10, 11 years.
23:25Absolutely
23:26and I will stand up to it.
23:27But you're in competition
23:28and the business world
23:30is all about competition.
23:31But if the competition
23:31is not played well and fair
23:32then of course
23:33people are going to get upset.
23:34So they didn't play fairly?
23:35Er, no,
23:36because there was lots
23:37of sort of gang building
23:37and buying.
23:38So you'll be great
23:39in business
23:39if everybody plays fairly?
23:41Oh, absolutely not.
23:42You're very highly strung,
23:44aren't you?
23:44I'm,
23:45I wouldn't say
23:46necessarily highly strung
23:47but I'm trying to get
23:48my voice over yours
23:49because you're asking questions
23:50but you're not listening
23:50to what I'm saying.
23:51I'm sorry if I'm not
23:52a good listener
23:52but I think you've actually
23:54just described yourself.
24:00Nice to meet you anyway.
24:02Did you have a late night
24:11last night?
24:12No.
24:13You're in the energy
24:13business, aren't you?
24:14Yeah.
24:15Yeah?
24:15I was.
24:15Come on, let's find
24:16some energy with you.
24:17No, I mean...
24:17At the moment I don't think
24:18you'd light a candle
24:19let alone light a room up.
24:22You're a bit of a
24:23self-preservationist.
24:24It's only about Alex,
24:25isn't it?
24:25It's not really about the team.
24:26You know, I don't think
24:29it's all about Alex
24:30Witherspoon.
24:30I think that working
24:32amongst a direct sales team,
24:34my previous job was
24:35100% commission.
24:36So if I didn't motivate
24:38my teams and get them
24:39all geared up and ready
24:40to go out to work
24:41and making money for
24:41themselves, then I
24:42wouldn't make any money
24:43myself.
24:44Right.
24:45Tell me something
24:45that's not boring.
24:46Tell me something you've
24:47done as entrepreneurial
24:48since you left school
24:50or left college.
24:50Well, OK, since I left
24:51school we had some ups
24:52and downs as a family.
24:53We had to move out
24:54of our home.
24:55My parents lost
24:56their business.
24:57Did that inspire you?
24:58It did inspire me, yeah.
24:59It put a lot of passion
25:00and a lot of fire inside me.
25:01Right.
25:01Myself and my brother,
25:02we didn't have any money
25:03so we thought,
25:04what could we do?
25:05Went up to the local farm,
25:07realised that he had
25:07a lot of loose aggregate
25:08in and around his farm
25:09from stones, pebbles.
25:11Went and bought a load
25:12of heat-sealing bags,
25:13packaged it all up
25:14and we were turning over
25:15a few thousand pounds
25:16a month after a few weeks
25:17which, that's entrepreneurial.
25:25I've just sat here
25:26since this morning
25:27and watched it slowly
25:27go dark outside.
25:29Yeah.
25:30It's a long day, isn't it?
25:31Hardcore.
25:47I see, Lee, that you're British.
25:57That's correct.
25:59Does that mean you went to school
26:00in England?
26:01That's right.
26:02Did they ever teach you spelling?
26:04They did, but spelling...
26:06They eluded you, did it?
26:07Well, spelling in education
26:08isn't my forte, to be honest.
26:10That's quite clear
26:11because in the quote,
26:13why should you be
26:14Sir Alanisnecht apprentice,
26:15which one would have thought
26:16is quite an important question,
26:18you managed to say,
26:19today's goals will be
26:20different to tomorrow's.
26:22Tomorrow's got two spelling
26:23mistakes in it.
26:24It's not a hard word, tomorrow.
26:26Until I finally fulfil my ambition
26:28to be rekoingust,
26:31which I presume is recognised,
26:33I've got to tell you,
26:34that's an important question,
26:35but I haven't got a clue
26:36how you answered it.
26:37It's incomprehensible
26:38and you've made so many
26:39spelling mistakes
26:40you couldn't have used
26:40a spell check.
26:42And what I would say to you
26:43is I'm disappointed with that.
26:45Yeah, what does that mean,
26:45you're disappointed with that?
26:46Well, I'm disappointed
26:47that I've conveyed the message
26:49across to the reader
26:49that I can't spell
26:52and there's gramical errors in there.
26:54Did you, were doing a degree
26:56were you or?
26:57No, unfortunately for me
26:59my exam results et cetera
27:01were never good enough
27:01to do a degree.
27:02Okay.
27:03When I was a trainee catering manager
27:04they put me through
27:05to a professional qualification
27:06in catering.
27:07I was there for two years
27:08and I was actually doing
27:09my HCIMA for that period of time.
27:12Are you sure it was two years?
27:14As far as I'm aware
27:16it was two years, yes.
27:16Is it?
27:20The university's actually
27:21dropped me a line here
27:22confirming that you're only there
27:23for four months.
27:26Really?
27:26Okay.
27:27Then it was four months then.
27:30It's two years or four months?
27:31Do you want to see?
27:32No, no, no.
27:33If that's what you're saying
27:35No, I'm asking you.
27:36I've asked you twice.
27:37It's your CV.
27:38It says Thames Valley University
27:391996 to 1998.
27:44Then I've put something
27:46incorrect on my CV then, Borden.
27:48What, just one thing?
27:49Well, I've made a mistake already,
27:50haven't I?
27:50So it's difficult for me
27:51to be completely concrete
27:53with you now, isn't it?
27:53What worries me
27:54is that you've got someone here
27:56who's, you know,
27:58prepared to bullshit
27:58their way through.
27:59I'm not prepared
28:00to bullshit my way through.
28:01Well, you did on that.
28:03I'm not prepared
28:04to bullshit my way through.
28:04But you did on that.
28:05And I just think,
28:06and that worries me
28:07a little bit about you
28:08because I'm now looking
28:09at this and saying
28:09what else is it about?
28:10And now my integrity
28:11is, you know,
28:12out of the window.
28:13All I would say to you
28:14is I'm not proud
28:15of my educational
28:16background, Borden.
28:17And I've put something
28:19down there
28:19to make my educational
28:20background seem
28:22a little bit better
28:23than what it is.
28:24And that's a blip
28:25of my integrity.
28:26And I can't erase that.
28:27All I can say is
28:28I'm disappointed
28:29for myself for doing that.
28:30I was particularly
28:45unimpressed
28:46with your comment
28:47I should be
28:48the next apprentice
28:49because I've dipped my toe
28:50in the sea of success
28:51and I'm now ready
28:52to dive into
28:53the ocean of opportunity.
28:56Yeah.
29:00My nickname has been
29:04from Sir Ellen
29:04Motormouth, Big Gob
29:06but all talk
29:07and no action
29:07is one of my
29:08biggest frustrations.
29:09What do you mean by that?
29:10For example
29:11when somebody says to me
29:12I'll have an email
29:13to you for 10 o'clock
29:14I expect an email there
29:16with the information
29:17they promised
29:17for 10 o'clock.
29:18But in business
29:19people do let you down
29:20so how do you cope
29:21with that?
29:21I've had to say
29:22this is the knock
29:22on consequence for me
29:24could you please
29:24make sure it doesn't
29:25happen again.
29:25And what if they
29:26don't listen to you?
29:27I would stop doing
29:27business with them.
29:28How'd you get on?
29:32Fine.
29:33All done now.
29:34I think that if I get fired
29:35I'm not what they're
29:36looking for.
29:37I feel proud of what
29:39I've said and how
29:40I've conveyed myself.
29:43Yeah I wonder why
29:44I just felt a bit
29:44frustrated.
29:45I don't think I'd come
29:46across as well as
29:47what I wanted to.
29:47Do you know what I mean?
29:48I really want to know
29:56from you why you
29:57should get this job
29:59because you're earning
30:00more money than this
30:01job offers.
30:03You're doing what you
30:04want moving contractually
30:05around the same company.
30:07There's some people here
30:08that really need this
30:09job.
30:10You don't strike me as
30:11one of them.
30:12Need to me doesn't
30:14necessarily come into it.
30:15I'm not driven by money.
30:16I'm driven by being
30:19the best I can and
30:20also being within a
30:21company which I feel
30:22that will stretch me and
30:23also I will be able to
30:23contribute too.
30:25I want this job because
30:26I feel that I can give it
30:28credit and merit.
30:29I feel that I can bring
30:30something to it.
30:31Do you think people will
30:33look at you and say yes
30:34I can see that Lucinda
30:36means business?
30:37I mean people do judge
30:38on appearances.
30:39Absolutely.
30:40I may stand out but
30:41standing out isn't
30:42necessarily a bad thing.
30:43But the moment I open my
30:44mouth yes people do know
30:45I mean business.
30:47Okay.
30:47Thank you very much.
30:52Last but not least.
30:53So how are you feeling?
30:54Good?
30:56As good as I can be.
30:57Are you pleased with
30:58your day's work of
30:59interviews?
30:59The interviews this
31:00morning I did not
31:01express myself as I would
31:02have liked to have done.
31:03This afternoon very much
31:05better.
31:06Oh that's good.
31:06This morning I was
31:07frustrated and I was
31:08questioning what I was
31:09doing here and why.
31:11In all honesty.
31:13But after reflecting and
31:14considering then I really
31:16do know that I want this
31:16job and it is the right
31:17thing and that I'm going
31:18to fight for it.
31:19Tooth and nail.
31:19I am pleased I stuck with it
31:30because I'm not a quitter.
31:31I know that I have the
31:35credibility, the experience and
31:38the ability and the
31:39personality to give what it
31:41takes to be the next
31:42apprentice.
31:42I feel that Sir Alan should have
31:46people like me in his business.
31:48For every one of me you need
31:49ten quieter people but you need
31:51people like me to drive your
31:52business forward and be
31:53innovative and think of
31:54different ideas.
31:58I am insecure about my
32:00educational background.
32:01You know when you're in and
32:02around people you don't want to
32:03feel inferior.
32:05When people look at me do
32:06they think he can do this or
32:08do they think he hasn't got the
32:10right attributes, he hasn't got
32:11the right background in order
32:12to be able to do this.
32:15Judge me how you want but
32:16they're the facts.
32:17The facts don't matter.
32:17Yeah okay I made a mistake and
32:19I'll learn from that mistake and
32:20I won't do it again.
32:24We've all worked so hard to get
32:26here.
32:27Three people are going to get
32:28fired.
32:29That's why I think this is
32:30a shame because like it will be
32:31over like it seems like we've
32:33been in here so long and we've
32:35worked so hard and all of a
32:36sudden it's like bang, gone.
32:37Tomorrow, tomorrow, the reality
32:41is this, tomorrow three of you
32:43will get fired.
32:44What do you mean three of you?
32:45Three of us will get fired.
32:49Don't you think it's a bit
32:51different now though because
32:51it's like final five it's
32:53hardly like you've gone out
32:54with any disgrace.
32:55You're right three people have
32:56to go home but it's not
32:57because they're crap.
32:58Yeah yeah.
32:58They've got into the final
32:59five.
33:00He knows all of us pretty well
33:02by now.
33:02Yeah that's true.
33:07The boardroom awaits.
33:21Today the candidates will
33:22discover who will make it
33:24through to the final.
33:25The interviewers prepare to
33:40deliver their verdicts.
33:41Good morning all.
33:52Good morning.
33:53Good morning.
33:57First of all thanks once
34:00again for devoting your time
34:02to these last five candidates
34:05and as usual I will value
34:07your comments.
34:09So someone like to kick off?
34:12Would you like me to?
34:13Okay go on Bourdon.
34:14Okay.
34:15Alex nice young man.
34:18Positive.
34:19Really really wants the job
34:21and I think although he's not
34:22a big earner at the moment
34:24the thing that impressed me
34:25that he was on a commission
34:26only based role.
34:28Commission only not a base salary.
34:30Man after your own heart.
34:32Absolutely.
34:33I tell you what Alan that
34:35sorts out the men from the boys.
34:36Someone at that age is when
34:38they put themselves on the line.
34:39No comfort zone.
34:41If you sell you earn.
34:43Alex would be surprised I think
34:44what I've got to say about him
34:45because he had a terrible
34:46interview with me.
34:47He came in and he looked
34:48half asleep.
34:49With that said chatting to him
34:51I actually saw a lot more in him
34:54during that interview.
34:55He could be a good candidate for you.
34:57I think he's young.
34:59He's ambitious.
35:00I don't think he's frightened
35:01of hard work.
35:02I think the one thing
35:03I would say about him
35:04Sir Alan is that he is
35:05incredibly charming
35:06and good looking.
35:07I mean I had to tell him
35:08off at one point.
35:09The question is
35:09without charm
35:11would you succeed
35:12in the business world?
35:14No.
35:16Why are you shaking your head?
35:17You did some modelling
35:18at university.
35:19You can't be ashamed
35:19of your looks.
35:20No I mean I'm not ashamed
35:21of my looks
35:21but there's a lot more
35:24to me than just the surface.
35:25You're very defensive.
35:27It happens to women
35:27in business all the time
35:29these things
35:29and it's water off
35:31a duck's back.
35:31You have to learn
35:32to be able to cope
35:32with that.
35:33He kind of feels embarrassed
35:35that he's so charming
35:36and good looking
35:37and doesn't see those
35:38as assets.
35:39I don't know why
35:39I've been like that
35:40all my business life.
35:43What?
35:44You don't think so?
35:45Oh alright.
35:46Sir Alan
35:46he's not the finished article.
35:48He's an apprentice.
35:50He might be
35:50a junior apprentice
35:51that's the elite.
35:52I tell you what
35:53that boy is shy
35:54he's subtle
35:55and he'll make it.
35:56He's a good candidate.
35:58He's a good candidate.
35:59I don't disagree with you.
36:00Claude?
36:00I take a slightly
36:01different view Alan.
36:02I found him
36:03incredibly bland
36:04a little bit
36:06shallow
36:07and frankly
36:08you'd have to do
36:10quite a bit of work
36:10with him I think.
36:12Claude
36:13kick off with
36:14any one of the others
36:15that you want to talk about.
36:16Well I'll talk about
36:17Lucinda if I may Alan.
36:18She's a very
36:19intelligent
36:20bright individual
36:21no doubt
36:22highly skilled
36:23at what she does
36:24and I think
36:25she would be
36:25a disaster for you.
36:27I'll tell you
36:27a good point.
36:29If you're building
36:29a nice office
36:30for yourself
36:31and you want it
36:32lit beautifully
36:33with candles
36:33nice smelling candles
36:35good aromatherapy
36:36in the air
36:37a nice calmer
36:38perfect.
36:39Paul that is
36:40unfair.
36:41from that she is
36:42absolute nutcase.
36:44That is unfair.
36:45She's incredibly
36:46articulate
36:47and incredibly
36:48intelligent
36:48she was a good
36:49team leader
36:50and you can't
36:51take that away from her.
36:52If this girl
36:52worked for Alan
36:53she would aggravate
36:54you within 30 minutes.
36:56Oh I think less than that.
36:57The thing is though
36:58she was on
36:59the winning team
37:00eight times
37:01okay
37:01the two tasks
37:03that she was
37:05the team leader of
37:06I've got to tell you
37:07people came back
37:08and said she was
37:09a fantastic team leader.
37:10Alan she might be
37:11a good team leader
37:12but is she a good player?
37:13Sometimes you're the boss
37:14and sometimes you're
37:15a part of a team.
37:16That is an interesting
37:16point you raised there Claude.
37:18While she got applauded
37:19for being a great team leader
37:21when she wasn't team leader
37:23she was always
37:24undermining them.
37:25She made a complete mess of it.
37:26If she hadn't been
37:27the one who decided
37:28what she was to do
37:29she got it wrong
37:30she got in a panic
37:31she'd be questioning.
37:33She's already earning
37:34£100,000 a year.
37:36I'm not worried
37:36about the money
37:37but why is she here?
37:39Well is she going to learn
37:40that she's not already doing it?
37:41You're undermining the reason
37:41why someone's here Paul.
37:43How dare you?
37:44I mean you should know
37:45better than anyone else.
37:46Why are you still there?
37:47I'm still learning
37:48from the master.
37:49My God why is she here?
37:50Alan she's going to be
37:51quite a handful for you.
37:52I think she's got
37:53Might be quite a handful
37:54for you mate
37:54because I might
37:55send her down your place.
37:56You never know.
37:59Okay Lee.
38:02He kicked off the interview
38:03with an impression
38:05of a dinosaur
38:05because it was in his CV
38:07I just wanted to see it.
38:08That must have gone down
38:09like a lead balloon.
38:09It was just a ridiculous
38:10thing to do
38:11and I was hoping
38:12he'd turn around and say
38:12look this is a serious interview
38:14I don't think it's right.
38:15That said
38:15between you and me
38:16it was a very good impression.
38:18He's a very likeable guy
38:20he's a grafter.
38:22He killed it for me
38:23at the end of the interview
38:23when he winked at me
38:24as he walked out.
38:25Wish you good luck.
38:26Thank you very much Paul
38:27appreciate your time.
38:28Cheers.
38:28All the best.
38:31Like that.
38:32That's what a
38:33door-to-door salesman
38:35would do.
38:35I think he's a good salesman
38:37I had a very nice pen
38:38with me during the interview
38:39and he had a plastic biro
38:41and I said
38:41well try and sell me
38:42the plastic biro.
38:43Ah the old classic
38:44sell me this pen pen.
38:45The old classic.
38:47Okay Karen
38:48the reason why
38:49this is a good pen
38:49is because
38:50it's made out of
38:51material that
38:52can be recycled
38:53it's got a unique
38:54hole in the lid
38:55so little children
38:56actually can't
38:57if they've swallowed
38:58they can still be able
38:58to breathe
38:59obviously that hasn't
39:00got that at all.
39:00But does that pen
39:01suit me Lee?
39:03I wouldn't say
39:04that this pen
39:05would look good
39:06on your arm Karen
39:07you're very obviously
39:08a well-dressed woman
39:09but what I would say
39:10to you is
39:10it's a practical pen
39:11if you needed
39:12something to be practical
39:13maybe you haven't
39:15got a handbag
39:15with you or something
39:16like that
39:16this is a lot more
39:17slimline than what
39:18that particular pen is
39:19so yeah I would say
39:21that it would suit you
39:21in certain situations.
39:23And he did a very
39:24good job actually
39:24the one thing
39:26I would say about Lee
39:27more than all
39:28of the others
39:28this is his
39:29big chance
39:31with you
39:32and I think
39:33this is the last
39:34big chance
39:35he will get
39:35because he is
39:36slightly cheesy
39:36he is slightly brash
39:38he needs this.
39:39From my perspective
39:41he said he went to
39:41university for two years
39:43Right
39:44I didn't have him
39:44down as a university
39:45Well he failed
39:46he walked out
39:47he didn't complete
39:48Really?
39:49Right
39:49but he wasn't there
39:50for two years at all
39:51I've got proof
39:52in fact I've got a
39:54document and confirmation
39:55on it
39:55that in fact
39:56he'd only been there
39:57for four months
39:58If he's done as well
40:01as he's done
40:01in the organisations
40:02he's worked for
40:03he doesn't need
40:04to do that
40:04I think somewhere
40:07in all of that
40:08he's got some hang up
40:09about his formal education
40:11A lot of people
40:13exaggerate and lie
40:14about their qualifications
40:15to get what they want
40:17My first job
40:17I lied about
40:18my qualifications
40:19Paul
40:19I'm not condoning it
40:20but I'm saying
40:21don't kill the kid
40:22Paul, I'm not killing it
40:23I'm just saying
40:23I gave him an opportunity
40:25to own up
40:26He didn't need
40:27to go there really
40:27No he didn't need to
40:28No
40:29Well my take on this Alan
40:30is that here's a guy
40:31who is a trier
40:33and he's certainly
40:34worth consideration
40:35so I wouldn't dismiss him
40:36out of hand
40:36Karen
40:38how about Claire
40:39I thought Claire
40:41was fantastic
40:42I have to say
40:43she's an achiever
40:44she knows everything
40:45about her business
40:46yeah she's a bit
40:48bullshy
40:48she's a bit loud
40:49but she's a doer
40:51she would do
40:52a fantastic job
40:53for you
40:54and if you don't
40:55give her a job
40:55I will
40:56Oh
40:57Whoa
40:58I think that
40:59she's really been
41:00on a journey
41:01through this process
41:02Claude
41:03I won't be offering
41:05a job Alan
41:05she's obviously
41:07a very very good
41:08retail person
41:09but as far as
41:10transferring those
41:11experiences to what
41:12you might have
41:12I've got some doubts
41:14she's very bright
41:15she's got a nice way
41:17with her
41:17and then this whole
41:19image she's got
41:20of club rep etc
41:21I could see her
41:21as a club rep
41:22I could see her
41:23in the canteen
41:25conducting the birdies
41:26song with your staff
41:27she doesn't listen
41:28trying to shut her up
41:30is almost impossible
41:31yes I've come across that
41:32I am very vocal
41:33I'm not the type of person
41:34if I see something
41:35going wrong
41:36to stand back and watch
41:37I will challenge people
41:38I think it's imperative
41:39that if you have a belief
41:40in something
41:41you stand up
41:41and you actually speak
41:42instead of being a
41:43big fat lemon
41:44and just sitting there
41:45okay just let me
41:46sorry let me ask
41:47a question
41:47try and give you
41:48time to breathe
41:48I mean I have to tell you
41:50that at quite an early
41:51stage in this process
41:52I recognise
41:54she does talk a lot
41:56and there was one
41:57particular occasion
41:58I really gave her
41:59what for
41:59and to be fair
42:00she seemed to have
42:02signed on
42:03to better things
42:04she's definitely
42:05improved hasn't she
42:06first task
42:08she was fibbing
42:09and bullshitting
42:10and actually she's
42:11developed marvellously
42:11throughout
42:12maybe she's putting
42:13on this act
42:14and charade
42:14in order to get
42:15through to this stage
42:17maybe she hasn't
42:17really changed at all
42:18well we have one
42:22more candidate left
42:23that we haven't
42:24spoken about
42:24Helene
42:25I actually liked
42:26her Alan
42:26she's come from
42:28humble background
42:29troubled family life
42:31with respect
42:31I don't want to
42:32hear about all this
42:34I've had enough
42:35of listening to
42:36the hard struggling
42:37this that and the other
42:37I've really got to
42:38focus on
42:39what I've seen
42:40in this 12 week
42:42process
42:42I was trying to
42:43explain there
42:43why she at 16
42:44went into the job
42:46market rather than
42:46perhaps taking an
42:47alternative path
42:48so I don't think
42:49it's because she
42:49wasn't clever enough
42:50for argument's sake
42:51but I just think
42:51that because of her
42:52family situation
42:53and I understand
42:53you don't want to
42:54dwell on that
42:54she was forced to
42:55go into kind of
42:56work very very early
42:57and I think that
42:58she's done pretty well
42:59I thought that she
43:00was a plausible
43:00candidate
43:01I would second that
43:03slightly different
43:04if I'm honest
43:05I'd put her as
43:06backroom staff
43:08she works in a
43:09very sterile
43:10corporate environment
43:11I didn't see any
43:12real fire in her
43:13I admit that
43:14during the process
43:15she's somewhat
43:16lost her way
43:17but I thought
43:18her interview
43:19was incredibly
43:20emotional
43:20I know you don't
43:21want to hear it
43:21but her upbringing
43:22is incredibly
43:23significant to her
43:24I don't think
43:25you can totally
43:26rule out
43:28situations that
43:30people have in
43:30their child and
43:31upbringing
43:31I think that they
43:32do mould you
43:33they do put you
43:34where you are
43:34I understand
43:35I'm sympathetic
43:36I appreciate people
43:38that have climbed
43:38the greasy pole
43:39and all that stuff
43:40it's just that
43:41so many times
43:43people just hang
43:44on that only
43:45she's had some
43:46tough knocks
43:47she's got herself
43:48up
43:48she's got on
43:49with it
43:49she's very
43:51articulate
43:51she's very
43:52well rounded
43:52and she would
43:53offer a different
43:54dimension
43:55well
43:58once again
43:59folks
44:00tremendous input
44:02tremendous input
44:03Karen
44:03very interesting
44:05having a ladies
44:06view
44:06thanks again
44:08for all your
44:08help
44:09okay
44:09thank you
44:10thank you very
44:10much
44:10see ya
44:14thanks
44:14Alan
44:16piss off
44:18what's interesting
44:29is that they
44:30haven't given you
44:30a clear stare
44:31on who they
44:32think is
44:33no there's
44:33differences of
44:34opinion yeah
44:34extraordinary
44:35actually
44:36you know it
44:37gets to this
44:38stage where
44:38you've got five
44:39candidates that
44:40have all got
44:41something good
44:41about them
44:42right
44:42they've all got
44:43something good
44:44about them
44:44all right
44:50well look
44:51we'll call
44:51the apprentices
44:52in and we'll
44:53see who's
44:53going to stay
44:54and who's
44:54going
44:54silence ready
44:56for you now
44:57right
45:09well
45:10a bit different
45:11than a task
45:14but as difficult
45:29Alex the feedback I got
45:31from my colleagues
45:33were you didn't do
45:34well in the interviews
45:35it didn't seem to come
45:36alive did you feel
45:38that it was an important
45:39part of the process
45:40I felt like it was
45:41probably the keystone
45:43to the whole process
45:43you know what I wanted
45:44to try my heart
45:44wouldn't you think
45:45then that if ever
45:46you were going to
45:47excel
45:47I think that's just
45:48down to my nature
45:49I'm not
45:49if I never really
45:51lose my temper
45:51and vocalise it
45:52in kind of an aggressive
45:53way I'm softly spoken
45:55let's forget that you're
45:55losing the temper
45:56thing because you know
45:57this is not something
45:58on my kind of
46:00priority hit list
46:01that I like people
46:02that shout their mouths
46:03off and lose their temper
46:04I mean that's not
46:06what rings my bells
46:07I did realise
46:08in the interviews
46:08that I was coming
46:09across softly spoken
46:10but I sat there
46:10with a view to give
46:11it my best
46:12and I do believe
46:13that I did
46:14right
46:16now Lee
46:18you spent a lot
46:22of your time
46:23in the recruitment
46:24industry
46:25that's correct
46:25so yesterday
46:27should have been
46:28a bit of a breeze
46:28for you really
46:29I wouldn't say
46:30that it was a breeze
46:31yesterday at all
46:32but yeah I've
46:33definitely got
46:34experience of
46:35interviewing
46:35I have to recruit
46:36my own people
46:37as well for my teams
46:38what do you think
46:39about people that
46:40over flower their CVs
46:42and actually kind of
46:43sell them a bit
46:43too close to the wind
46:45as far as that's
46:46concerned
46:46yeah I think
46:47definitely
46:48you know
46:49I've done that myself
46:50in this process
46:51I've put wrong dates
46:52down on a professional
46:53qualification that I
46:54was taking
46:55you put down
46:55that you went to
46:56some university course
46:57for a couple of years
46:59and in fact
46:59when my people
47:00inquired
47:01he was actually
47:02there for four months
47:03right
47:03that's correct
47:05alright
47:05bluntly
47:06what would you
47:07have done
47:07if you found
47:08that out
47:08about someone
47:09sitting in front
47:09of you
47:10I would have
47:11evaluated
47:12how important
47:13it was
47:14to what the job
47:14that they were
47:15actually going for
47:15and I would try
47:16and find out
47:16exactly why they
47:17did that in the
47:17first place
47:18do I always want
47:19to worry
47:20in the back
47:20of my mind
47:21is it true
47:22what you're saying
47:22to me
47:23or is it another
47:23creative presentation
47:24I would say
47:26Sir Alan
47:26that again
47:27that's a mistake
47:28but I would look
47:28at my track record
47:29as well
47:29big mistake
47:30no
47:31when you're coming
47:32into a process
47:33like this
47:34yes it is
47:36all it does
47:37is it puts
47:37into doubt
47:38some of the other
47:39stuff that you
47:40might be saying
47:41but hopefully
47:42I've managed
47:42to mitigate
47:43that doubt
47:44because of the way
47:45I've performed
47:46over the last
47:46ten tasks
47:47Claire
47:50we've spoken
47:51in this boardroom
47:52many times
47:53about you
47:53talking too much
47:54and there was
47:55a point
47:56that I felt
47:57you'd actually
47:57taken on board
47:58what I'd said
48:00although
48:00some of the feedback
48:01I got from
48:02some of the guys
48:03were it seems
48:04you've slipped back
48:05into your old habits
48:06the interviews
48:07were challenging
48:08I'm very passionate
48:09I'm opinionated
48:10and maybe
48:12I was very chatty
48:13but I did
48:14try to talk
48:16as little as possible
48:17I think the point
48:19I'm making
48:19is that
48:20are you a very
48:20canny type of person
48:21that has kind of
48:22hooked on to
48:23what you think
48:24I like
48:26and therefore
48:26in front of me
48:27what you'll do
48:28is you'll button up
48:29a little bit
48:30but actually
48:31old habits
48:32die hard
48:33Sir Alan
48:34the Claire
48:36who you saw
48:36in week one
48:37and the Claire
48:37who's sat now
48:38is
48:38I have changed
48:40however
48:41the way I am
48:43I don't feel
48:43that I should
48:44change
48:44altogether
48:45the reason I'm here
48:46is because I'm
48:46passionate about business
48:47and I am emotional
48:49and I put everything
48:50into what I do
48:51and I think I've proven
48:52that I'm very driven
48:53I'm resilient
48:54I just
48:55I'm like a dog
48:56with a bone
48:56I just keep on going
48:57Lucinda
49:00you were team leader
49:04twice
49:04and interestingly enough
49:06your colleagues
49:07said you were very good
49:09yeah
49:11they did
49:11but yet
49:13it seems that
49:14when you're not
49:14in charge
49:15then that's when
49:17it seems to fall apart
49:18well what would you say
49:19about that
49:19I do like control
49:21admittedly
49:22in my company
49:22I'd be in charge
49:23you wouldn't be in charge
49:24so are you going to
49:25fall apart
49:26are you going to be despondent
49:27absolutely not
49:28and I haven't done that
49:28to date
49:29whenever I've had
49:30an altercation with someone
49:31I've spoken to them afterwards
49:32and got on and worked
49:33very happily
49:34alongside and supported
49:35Sir Alan
49:36with absolute passion
49:38I would say
49:39to get this far
49:40in the process
49:41we're sitting in the interview
49:42process yesterday
49:43which was incredibly intense
49:44and turn to Lucinda
49:45and I say
49:45you know
49:46I don't want this job
49:47that to me is
49:49it's just soul destroying
49:50because there's so many people
49:51who said that?
49:52I said I was concerned
49:53we were all there
49:54Sir Alan
49:55we all heard it
49:56absolutely
49:56I said going through
49:56the interviews
49:57I wasn't sure
49:57if I was going to be
49:58the right person
49:59I was doing the right thing
50:00for you to sit there
50:01and go
50:01this isn't for me
50:02you know
50:03what should I say
50:03how do I tell Sir Alan
50:04is he here?
50:05may I explain myself
50:05I wasn't just blasé
50:07I was really thinking
50:08about if I'd be the right person
50:09and if I'd fit in
50:10and I thoroughly
50:11and seriously do
50:12after the final interviews
50:13and thinking about it
50:14do believe so
50:15I'm finding this
50:16so aggravating
50:18that I've given up
50:19everything that I've got
50:20to come down here
50:21so I'm prepared to
50:22if I get the job
50:23I can move down to London
50:24and I can start straight away
50:25so to hear you
50:26window dressing it up
50:27with all this terminology
50:28that makes it sound
50:29all airy fairy
50:30which doesn't actually say
50:31I want the job
50:32please
50:33I don't need the job
50:34and I think there's a very big difference
50:35between need and want
50:36I want the job
50:38and that's the difference
50:39needing
50:40if I want it
50:41it's not that I need it
50:42it shows that I'm willing
50:43and prepared to
50:44actually dare I say
50:45go down a salary bracket
50:46and maybe go down
50:47a step or two
50:47in what I'm doing
50:48I want it
50:49I don't need it
50:50I want it
50:51look
50:51Lucinda
50:52do you see this whole
50:55contest
50:55as just another one
50:57of these wonderful events
50:59in your life
50:59let me assure you
51:01that I'm now ready
51:02to settle down
51:03I've moved around enough
51:04why is that
51:05what you've learnt
51:06in the last ten weeks
51:07from what I've learnt
51:07and also I'm tired
51:08of moving around
51:09I want to get stuck in
51:10I want to be in one place
51:11for one time
51:11and get on
51:12and do
51:12and to do my best
51:13and choose the skills
51:14I've got
51:14loyalty is a big aspect
51:16of what I do
51:17when I know I've got
51:18a good thing
51:18and when I enjoy it
51:19and people appreciate me
51:20I stay
51:21we're down to
51:26the eleventh week
51:28the next thing
51:29is the final
51:30that means
51:32that I've got to
51:34decide now
51:35who's leaving
51:36this process
51:37yeah
51:37Helen
51:43I've tried to understand
51:47what you're about
51:48and I'm still at sea
51:50a little bit
51:51when it comes to you
51:52because of
51:52not seeing that
51:54kind of magic moment
51:55anywhere
51:56not having reported back
51:57to me
51:57that magic moment
51:59anywhere
51:59yes I'm not the best
52:01salesperson
52:01but
52:02you're definitely
52:02not a good salesperson
52:04but
52:04a lot of people here
52:05have stuck to doing
52:06sales on every task
52:07which they know
52:08in the outside world
52:09they do every single day
52:10so it's a very very
52:11safe bet to do that
52:12I've tried new things here
52:14if you put me
52:15into your business
52:16Sir Alan
52:16I will 100% deliver for you
52:18I wouldn't have done
52:19so you know
52:20so well
52:20in a global company
52:21you know
52:22there's no hiding places
52:23there
52:23if you don't do well
52:24you get fired
52:25it's as simple as that
52:26Alex
52:34yeah you're young
52:36but
52:38I may be looking for someone
52:40a little bit more rounded
52:42with a little bit more experience
52:43my age came up
52:44from you know
52:45Claude and Paul
52:46interviewing me
52:47but I see that as a strength
52:48I think I'm a partially painted canvas
52:50at the moment
52:50on which
52:51not only I
52:52but you know
52:53your organisation
52:53I can paint a good picture
52:5524 is
52:57you know
52:57I'm young
52:57I'm full of life
52:58and you know
52:59I've got a long way to go
53:00Lucinda
53:05a very
53:07clever lady
53:08I would say
53:09very very clever lady
53:10whether
53:11you've channeled it
53:12in the right direction
53:13I'm struggling still
53:15initially I found
53:15one of these processes
53:16probably the most horrific
53:18I've ever had to encounter
53:19what I told you
53:20it wasn't a walk in the park
53:21absolutely
53:21told you it wasn't Mary Poppies
53:23absolutely
53:23but not looking at excuses
53:24I have been a good team player
53:26outside of this competition
53:27I have led
53:28probably the best
53:30out of all the candidates
53:31to date
53:31but one can't argue
53:33with the facts
53:34of the past
53:3510 weeks
53:36you weren't successful
53:38when you were not
53:39the team leader
53:40Lucinda
53:43I'm afraid to say
53:45that
53:45you're a little bit
53:46too zany for me
53:47you're fired
53:49Lee
53:59you're a likeable type of chap
54:03you're a likeable type of chap
54:17you clearly got a lot of passion in you
54:20wanting this job
54:21we forgot this problem with your CV
54:23why should you go forward
54:26come on
54:27Sir Alan
54:28for me
54:29where I believe
54:31I differ from anyone else
54:32is I deliver
54:33I've never failed to deliver
54:35both as a project manager
54:37as an individual team player
54:38I'm proud of that fact
54:40Sir Alan
54:40and the reason why
54:41is because I have delivered
54:42every time
54:43and Claire
54:46same thing
54:47come on
54:47I've sold
54:49I've presented
54:50I've taken on all the feedback
54:51I think it takes a big person
54:53who can just
54:54take a huge amount of critique
54:55and actually change
54:57I wonder how many people
54:58would survive
54:59the pressure
55:00and five boardrooms
55:01and still wake up every morning
55:02and be smiling
55:03and be determined
55:04and be driven
55:05but that's because
55:06I want to be your apprentice
55:07and become better at business
55:08Claire
55:13has the leopard changed its spots
55:15yes you're bubbly
55:18yes you're enthusiastic
55:19are you going to disrupt
55:21all my bloody stuff
55:22are you going to drive them
55:23around the bloody bend
55:24am I going to be able
55:25to put up with you
55:26keep up with you
55:27I don't know
55:28do I need that aggravation
55:29at my time of life
55:30after 40 years
55:31you know
55:32I'm looking for someone
55:33who wants to listen a bit
55:35and I don't think you listen
55:36and I think that's your
55:37biggest problem
55:38you don't listen
55:39but fortunately for you
55:50I'm going to let you stay
55:51in fact
55:56I'm going to let you all stay
55:58and the reason is
56:02because you're all
56:03very very good candidates
56:05I think
56:06you've all got something
56:08about you
56:08and so
56:09all four of you
56:10are in the final
56:12okay
56:13fantastic
56:14good
56:14thanks a lot
56:15off you go
56:16an unusual final
56:34but I think it's a fair final
56:36fair to them
56:37because there's four of them
56:39there
56:39that are all real contenders
56:40all real contenders
56:42it's a tough decision
56:45it's a tough decision
56:45I've got to make
56:45and this way
56:48you know
56:48it assists me
56:49in making the right decision
56:51Lucinda
56:53well she will always be a mystery
56:55quite clearly
56:56she's not for our organisation
56:59certainly not
57:00I feel throughout the process
57:06I haven't actually been myself
57:08I've struggled
57:09I really have struggled
57:10I certainly wasn't one to
57:13scream and shout about how good I was
57:15but that wasn't light
57:16my accent wasn't light
57:18my approach to life wasn't light
57:20what I wore wasn't light
57:21I am who I am
57:23I don't need to answer
57:24to them
57:24hello winners
57:36hello finalists
57:37how are you
57:38oh god
57:41we've done it
57:43come on
57:43we're in the final
57:44one job
57:50now just four candidates remain
57:53Sir Alan's search for his apprentice
57:56is almost over
57:57next week
58:00there's going to be two teams
58:02Claire and Lee
58:03Alex and Helene
58:05one final task
58:06the team that loses
58:08will be fired
58:09and in the winning team
58:10one of you
58:12is going to get hired
58:13with a little help
58:14the four remaining candidates
58:16must launch a brand new fragrance
58:17for today's modern man
58:19I tell you what
58:20it's different
58:21he might wax
58:21he might have a back sack
58:22and crack
58:23he definitely shows his balls
58:24Alex what are you wearing tonight
58:26stimulate
58:26Alex you smell great
58:28what are you wearing
58:28who will come up
58:30smelling of roses
58:31this man has almost a slightly
58:33a curry note
58:34oh yeah
58:35and who will bottle out
58:38it's just shit
58:39I can't do this
58:39he won't crack
58:40because if he does
58:41I'm in trouble
58:43it's with great pleasure
58:44I would like to unveil
58:46our new fragrance
58:47just one of these four
58:50can be the next apprentice
58:52you're hired
58:53well what a twist
58:58Lucinda tells all
58:59in you're fired
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