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00:00This is not a game. This is a 12-week job interview. It's a dog-eat-dog situation.
00:1314 people have come to London in search of a job.
00:18There is no phone-in here. There is no text number. There is no panel of judges.
00:25I'm the one that decides who gets fired, and I'm going to be the one, ultimately, who decides who gets hired.
00:33They've come to battle it out for a job with Sir Alan Sugar.
00:37I am the most belligerent person that you could ever come across.
00:41Tough and straight-talking, Sir Alan's built a business empire worth £800 million.
00:48Business is not about coming, piss my money up the wall.
00:52He's offering one job with a six-figure salary.
00:56To get it, they're going to have to live and work together.
01:00Don't fucking dick me around.
01:02I'm getting pissed off with it.
01:03Quite frankly, I'd like to get rid of the bleeding free of you.
01:06This is the ultimate job interview.
01:09You're fired. You are fired. You are lightweight. You're fired.
01:12Previously on The Apprentice.
01:23Cars are going to pick you up at 3.45 in the morning to take you to Heathrow Airport.
01:27You'll need to pack your bag for one week away.
01:30The teams were flown to Istanbul, where they took to the high seas.
01:34With a captive audience of two and a half thousand passengers, the teams had to dream up a money-making attraction.
01:41I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to our open deck fun day.
01:47Project manager Saeed didn't enjoy his fun day.
01:52The whole fun day idea I came up with, you've completely taken that off me now.
01:56Team-mate Ruth was hard to control.
01:58So what I'm trying to say is, let's work as a team.
02:00And criticised her project manager.
02:02For me, it's not slick enough.
02:04Hi there, guys. Welcome to Latin American Chance to Dance.
02:08Paul promoted his dance competition well.
02:1010 to 11, half 11 to half 12.
02:13And waltzed to victory.
02:16Velocity, you are the winners today.
02:18In the boardroom, Sir Alan pointed out the fatal flaw.
02:22Did you read these bloody rules or not?
02:25Saeed and Ruth fought for their lives.
02:27Why do you look so worked up? What's the matter with you?
02:29Are we professionals or are you just going to lose the plot?
02:30No, I don't need to lose the plot.
02:31Talk to me nicely or I'll talk to you.
02:32If you talk to me like that, I won't address you.
02:33It's as simple as that.
02:34You are just looking for an exit plan again.
02:36But this time, Saeed couldn't save himself.
02:40Despite some flashes of genius, you're too much of a risk for me.
02:43Saeed, you're fired.
02:47Saeed became the 10th casualty of the boardroom.
02:50Now four remain to fight for the chance to become the apprentice.
02:57Back at the house, Michelle, Paul and Ansel wait to find out if it'll be Ruth or Saeed who returns from the boardroom.
03:15I think when they get in the boardroom, I think Saeed will talk himself out instantly.
03:20I don't think Ruth will have to do anything I think he'll get in.
03:22He'll have wound himself up so much, he'll just be like a coiled spring and he's just going to go.
03:26Ruth said things that don't add up to what Saeed said, so there'll definitely be a kick off.
03:31I just think that Ruth will give him a bit of a polite nudge.
03:35I'd much rather Saeed came back.
03:36I don't know if it's up to the door.
03:56Hello, man.
03:57Hey.
03:58Hey.
03:59Hello, man.
04:01Really good, sir.
04:02How you doing, Ruth?
04:03You all right?
04:04Very little surprise.
04:05Good to see you, mate.
04:07Very little surprise.
04:08You all right?
04:10I got the kick in.
04:11It was me that got the kick in.
04:12No way.
04:12Oh, yes way.
04:14He basically said to me, Ruth, why shouldn't I fire you?
04:17And I went, what?
04:18There you go.
04:19And then he went to Saeed, why shouldn't I fire you?
04:21Saeed went like that.
04:22And he said, Ruth, unfortunately, I don't like what you did.
04:24And I said, you're wrong.
04:26What you did being what?
04:27Getting the budget thing wrong?
04:28What he thought?
04:28I didn't.
04:29Is that what he thought?
04:30Yeah, he thought that I didn't tell Saeed in order.
04:32Saeed basically went, she never told me.
04:34You little liar.
04:37And he went, Saeed, unfortunately, I'm going to have to let you go.
04:41I've never been so nervous in all my life.
04:44But then there were four.
04:45Oh, my goodness.
04:55Who's this?
04:55Who's this?
04:56No rest for the winter.
04:57Who's this this time of night?
05:00Cheers.
05:01Bye.
05:03What's wrong number?
05:05No one.
05:05We're off to the boardroom in the morning.
05:07Cars are coming to pick us up at half past seven.
05:09With just one week to go before Sir Alan picks his apprentice, only four candidates remain.
05:26Over the past ten weeks, the candidates have had to work together in teams.
05:50When they faced Sir Alan in the boardroom, they knew someone would get fired.
05:57But this morning, Sir Alan has summoned them to set a more personal and individual challenge.
06:02Ten years ago, Michelle Dubry worked as a checkout girl at her local supermarket.
06:13Today, as a telecoms consultant, she already earns more than Sir Alan is offering his apprentice.
06:19For me, it's not about the money.
06:21It's all about the opportunity to work with somebody like Sir Alan, someone who's very,
06:25very motivated, someone that I can learn a tremendous amount from.
06:28Failure is not an option.
06:29I will not fail.
06:30And Sir Henry's career as a professional footballer at Millwall ended after an injury.
06:39Since then, he's become an award-winning sales manager.
06:42I'm the best salesperson I don't know over the past, so I've done quite well.
06:45I've done the best I can.
06:47I think you can't do any more.
06:48That was all I wanted to do, was come to this house and do myself justice.
06:51And I have.
06:52There's four of us, and there's only one job.
06:54Headhunter Paul Tulip has been the most successful candidate.
07:03He's won seven out of the past ten tasks.
07:06Everyone who knows me has said to me, I've never met anyone like you in my life.
07:10And I've never met anyone like me, and I don't think the world could cope with two people like me.
07:14There's only ever going to be one Paul Tulip, and that's what Alan Sugar can get now.
07:18And if he doesn't get it, someone else will.
07:20So it's not, why do I want to work for him?
07:22It's, why should I work for him?
07:24Sales manager Ruth Badger has been on the losing team seven out of ten times, but she's consistently been one of the top performers.
07:35I'm an ambitious person.
07:37I wouldn't let anything get in my way in order to get my goal.
07:39I have to succeed at whatever I do.
07:42I am the apprentice.
07:43I think Sir Alan would make a huge mistake if he didn't employ me.
07:54Good morning.
08:22Good morning, Sir Alan.
08:24Okay, ten weeks gone, we're into our eleventh week.
08:30We started out with 10,000 people that applied for this position.
08:35There was 14 of you originally, now we're down to the last four.
08:39That in itself is a great achievement.
08:41Today you're going to go through an interviewing process.
08:45I've got three people who I trust that are going to interview you.
08:49The purpose of these interviews today is for these guys to really get to know who you are.
08:56These people know what they're doing.
08:58They've had lots of employees in front of them.
09:00They know what I expect out of people.
09:03They know me very, very well.
09:05And after listening to them, I will make a decision as who is staying and who's not.
09:11And here's the big difference here today.
09:13Two of you are going to get fired.
09:15So, off you go.
09:20I'll see you back here in the boardroom this afternoon.
09:23Each candidate will be interrogated by Sir Alan's trusted advisers.
09:45Claude Littner has worked with Sir Alan for over 20 years.
09:48He's acted as his global troubleshooter and is no stranger to hiring and firing.
09:57Borden Katchuk is chief executive of Viglen Computers.
10:01After 20 years' service, he knows better than anyone what Sir Alan is looking for.
10:07Paul Kemsley runs a leading property company.
10:10A close friend of Sir Alan, he's always on the lookout for a good deal and hopes to unearth one today.
10:16All four candidates have had to supply their inquisitors with their CV, application form and a personal statement,
10:25explaining why they should become Sir Alan's apprentice.
10:29Hi. Hi there, you all right?
10:30Hi there.
10:33Ansel.
10:34Yeah.
10:35Pleased to meet you.
10:36Take a seat.
10:37When I see CVs like myself, either this person has got an ego that is much too big, or they really are fantastic.
10:4825 years old, currently earning $25,000 a year.
10:51Hardly setting the world on fire, are you?
10:53The reality is it's not a game.
10:54It's a real job.
10:56It's a real position.
10:57And you'll be thrown into the lion's den.
10:59You think you're batting out your debts here today?
11:04This application form, the personal statement and the CV, is probably one of the worst I've ever seen in my 35 years.
11:11OK.
11:11OK?
11:11So what I can see, it sounds as though you're pretty full of yourself.
11:15You're somebody who is working in recruitment at the moment, although, frankly, it doesn't look like you've done a day's work in your life.
11:20Just take me through why you feel that, you know, you're in any way suited to be Alan Sugar's apprentice.
11:27I've actually been project manager twice and won twice, the only person to do it.
11:31I've been on the winning team seven times, that's the most anyone's ever done it.
11:34No one's ever taken me into the boardroom.
11:35Everyone else has been in.
11:37That is, you know, a fantastic accolade.
11:39You've done very well to get down to the last four, haven't you?
11:42Particularly seeing as it appears you're simply a salesman.
11:46I mean, that's what you are.
11:47At the end of the day, my CV says sales because that's what I've been in and it's been something that's mapped my way all the way through.
11:52But I want the opportunity to be able to develop other skills and that's what I need to do.
11:56I'm not, you know, and there's no way I'm the finished article because if I was, I would not be here.
12:00No, I promise you you're not the finished article.
12:03Yeah, no, absolutely.
12:04You're not the strongest candidate, are you?
12:06Well, in terms of sales, no.
12:09Well, all-rounder, you're not the strongest, in your own words.
12:12No, in my own words, what I said is I'm not the strongest on paper.
12:15So if you look at me and you look at my education, you look at my sales experience, no, I agree, I'm not on paper.
12:21When someone tells me that they are responsible for all operations, all compliance, all, I mean, does anybody else in this company?
12:29Basically, when I'm talking about compliance, I'm the head of sales and operations.
12:32Well, obviously, I'm not anymore because I resigned to come here.
12:35You resigned or you were fired?
12:37No, I resigned, without a doubt.
12:38I wasn't fired.
12:39They offered me a sabbatical and I declined.
12:41That doesn't seem sensible to me.
12:43Why not?
12:44Well, suppose you don't get the job?
12:45If I don't get the job, I know I can always go back to my company, but I did not want to take a sabbatical.
12:49The longer chance of it is with Compass.
12:51No, no, no, no, well, no.
12:52You did?
12:53No, no, no, that's wrong.
12:54No, I didn't, because before I went, I was in the process of building.
12:57But you did?
12:58No.
12:58But you did.
13:00Did you get any shares or anything like that?
13:01I, yeah, 2,000, 2,500, no, I'm gone, 250,000 shares, which were due to be given to me.
13:08Well, I'd have got them now, but obviously, by coming on here, I haven't.
13:10So you give up 250,000 shares for the sake of what?
13:14Of a one-in-something chance?
13:17Well, if you actually look at it, there were 15,000 people applying.
13:20I'm down to the last four.
13:21Coming second is irrelevant.
13:23That's not an option for me.
13:24Okay.
13:26I'm not convinced.
13:32I think that was mad for coming here.
13:35Leaving what I've got to come here, and he didn't understand it, did I get a sack?
13:39What?
13:40I've been fired in my life.
13:42Now, you say you've got a proven track record of success.
13:45Yeah.
13:45But you're an average earner in an average job.
13:48So where's your proven track record?
13:49No one else I know in the area that I live earns as much money as I do.
13:54And success isn't always measured on money.
13:56Right, so what is success measured on?
13:58Success is lifestyle, how much I enjoy your life.
14:00And I really, really, really enjoy my life.
14:02So why are you looking to change it?
14:03Because I want to see how much more money I can earn.
14:05A little bit of a contradiction coming in there.
14:07It's not a contradiction.
14:07Because you said, well, it is.
14:08Because you said success isn't about money.
14:10It's about enjoying yourself, being happy.
14:13And I agree with that.
14:14And then I said, so why do you want to change it?
14:17And you said, because I want to earn more money.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Because I want to earn more money for my lifestyle.
14:21Let me ask you, just in the event that you were, you know, you failed at this sort of last hurdle,
14:31what are you going to do?
14:32What's your career, what path are your career going to take?
14:34The actual company that I'm with now has been so good to me.
14:37They've said, come work for us for a month, see how you get on.
14:40We'll keep you on full pay while you're away.
14:41So I'm full pay after only being there a month.
14:43Now that shows a lot from me.
14:45Shouldn't you turn around and say, look, that's ridiculous.
14:47No.
14:48No way.
14:51I call myself a South Londoner and really just had a working class background.
15:00And from the age of 14, I was playing football.
15:02Subsequently, I ended up playing at Vermeule until I was 20.
15:04Right.
15:05So I didn't really take the education side that seriously until I had serious knee injuries
15:09and left.
15:11Stumbled into sales like a lot of people do.
15:13You said you stumbled into sales.
15:15From what I can see is, you know, it's predominantly sales, isn't it?
15:19It is.
15:19I would say my background has been predominantly sales to start with.
15:23What I will say is from that, I've then learned the all-round part of business.
15:27Well, let's talk about your first job, Quicksave.
15:31Quicksave.
15:31Quicksave, yes.
15:32When I worked at Quicksave, what I used to do is get up on a Saturday morning when I was
15:36probably about 15, go off to do a shift at Quicksave, which was all day long.
15:40Then I would get changed into my uniform whilst I was at Quicksave and go straight to a different
15:44job.
15:44And then I would go straight from that job to a third job, which was all through the night.
15:47I read through your background that you started as, without being rude, a checkout girl in
15:52Quicksave.
15:52Oh, I'm never going to be allowed to forget that, am I?
15:54That checkout bit.
15:55Wow.
15:55And now you're a programme manager for a large telecom company.
15:58I'm self-employed now as a programme manager.
16:00As a programme manager.
16:01You've moved yourself away from checkout girl to a job that was self-employed and you're
16:06earning, according to this, £100,000 a year already.
16:09You're earning a substantial amount of money for somebody who's really only been around
16:12for a few years.
16:13I used to do offshoring for a company and then I realised that actually I was quite good
16:17at it and I could probably make a lot of money doing it self-employed, so that's what
16:20I did.
16:21Right, what does offshoring mean?
16:22What I do is I work with companies that want to take their business overseas for cost reduction,
16:27time efficiency purposes.
16:29Okay, can we just go back a little bit?
16:30You talk about that you've got integrity, common sense and a good sense of instinct.
16:36Okay, what does that mean exactly?
16:38The good sense of instinct is what interests me.
16:40Instinct gives you your initial steer.
16:42For me, I've got a gut feeling and I know whether or not something feels right.
16:45It feels right in business.
16:46I mean, does Vigeland feel right?
16:48What does feel right?
16:48Amstrad, does it feel right?
16:50What does feel right mean?
16:51I can't explain it.
16:53It's just something inside of you, when you're going into the decision...
16:55Michelle, that's absolute nonsense with respect.
16:57You can't, it's about business.
16:58You can't, you can't be instinctive.
17:00You can't just say, I've got a feeling, I've got a good feeling in my water.
17:03It's ridiculous.
17:04It's ridiculous.
17:10Jesus.
17:13He's made me feel like I'm about this big.
17:17You can't hold a job down, can you?
17:20I mean, you change your job every two minutes.
17:23I noticed you weren't there very long, were you?
17:25Gap work?
17:25Yeah.
17:26No.
17:26Six months?
17:27No.
17:28So, and you were there from April till October?
17:31No, no, I was there for longer than that.
17:32I was there at gap work for 11 months, sorry.
17:34Okay, so that's not quite true.
17:36No, I don't understand why that's been put on there, to be honest.
17:38Okay, so did you, was this not you, did you not fill this in?
17:42My resume was done very much last minute, I haven't had to do one for the last couple
17:45of jobs and...
17:46That wasn't my question.
17:47Was it you that did this?
17:48I did the resume, yeah.
17:49Right.
17:50First company I went to, I was into liquidation.
17:52Right.
17:53The second company I went to had a three-month trial period and didn't feel it was going to
17:57be a company for me.
17:58And then I went to gap work and had a real bad time on a personal level with the boss and
18:02I had to leave because I was actually in depression.
18:05It just strikes me that you've not really committed yourself anywhere at all yet.
18:09I agree.
18:10It's a big reservation that I have with myself.
18:12I would really love to stay.
18:13Well, it'd be a big reservation I would have with you.
18:17Hello.
18:18Hello, pleased to meet you.
18:19I'm Ruth.
18:19Pleased to meet you.
18:21Have a seat.
18:26You're a bit of a tough cookie, aren't you?
18:28Are you happy?
18:29Am I happy?
18:30Personally, at the moment, yeah, without a doubt.
18:32Are you light?
18:33Am I light?
18:34I'd say so, not necessarily in work.
18:38I've always come to the conclusion that I'm very, very straight speaking.
18:41So if you look at my staff, I think it's more important with my staff and in the company
18:45that I'm respected more so than light.
18:46Have you obviously had to hire and fire people?
18:49A lot of people, yeah.
18:50All right.
18:50And how easy do you find that?
18:51I find hiring more difficult than I do firing.
18:54Do you?
18:55Firing, you don't find that difficult?
18:56I always think that when people have got to the stage where they're being fired by me,
19:00there's a good reason.
19:00I have inherited three management teams.
19:06Some people resigned the moment I took over.
19:10Yeah, why do you think they didn't want to work for you?
19:12Is there a character trait about you that they don't like?
19:14Yeah, I don't carry no passengers or dead wood.
19:18When you came in here, why didn't you knock?
19:21Because I found that quite rude when you walked in.
19:23I wasn't ready for you though.
19:24You just burst in.
19:25You gave me a fright.
19:27Come on, you can't tell me that I'll scare you.
19:29I'm not going to hold that against you.
19:30You can't tell me that I'll scare you.
19:31But what it does tell me about you is that you're 100 miles an hour.
19:35Yeah.
19:35Eventually you'll burn out.
19:37Did you knock when you went in?
19:39Yes.
19:39Did you knock when you went in?
19:41Oh.
19:42What do you know about the Amstrad Group of Companies?
19:44I've looked just really at the fact that the computer part of the business,
19:49which is the hardware part of the business.
19:50So do you know all the products that Amstrad sell, for example?
19:53I don't know all the products that Amstrad sell, no.
19:55So as a salesman, you haven't gone in and checked out your target properly, have you?
20:00Um, not properly, no.
20:02How do you feel about that?
20:03Well, clearly, I'm picked up on it, so it's not good.
20:06I know the general overview of what they sell.
20:08Do you want to tell me?
20:09Yeah, it's computer-based, a lot of hardware, software.
20:12What's computer-based?
20:13The Amstrad side of the business.
20:14Well, do you know, Amstrad don't actually make computers now.
20:17They distribute them.
20:18They don't.
20:19Right, well, then, again.
20:20I'm not going to pretend to know the stuff I don't.
20:22Well, it sounds to me like you're just sort of waffling your way through it.
20:24No.
20:25Well, you are.
20:27Oh, my God, research, man.
20:28I got kapooned.
20:31I said, what do you know?
20:31I went, I'm not thinking.
20:33Research.
20:33Yeah, massive.
20:37I said, what do you know about someone's companies?
20:39How many people does he employ?
20:41What's the revenue?
20:42Blah-de-blah-de-blah.
20:42Did you know the answers?
20:43I don't know.
20:44Oh, no.
20:44What I actually did was I looked at him, not so much the companies.
20:54Okay, then tell me about him, the stuff that you know about him.
20:56Okay.
20:56You don't know about his companies.
20:58Tell me about him, then.
20:58Okay, basically, he's self-made.
21:01His style is very black and white.
21:05But, I mean, you could ask the person in the street that.
21:07That's hardly any research.
21:08So he's a self-made guy.
21:09Yeah.
21:09He's got a very direct style.
21:12Yeah.
21:12And that's it?
21:12No, because you could actually say that about people like Richard Branson, but I've never
21:16craved to go and work with him.
21:17Right.
21:18So you've craved to go and work with Alan, have you?
21:19Sir Alan, without a doubt, yeah.
21:21Okay.
21:21Good.
21:21That'd be interesting.
21:29You're embellished on the number of O-levels you've got.
21:31My GCSEs.
21:32You used the word embellished.
21:34You lied.
21:35I did lie about them, yeah.
21:36I did.
21:37Because you've also referred to Sir Alan as an inspiration.
21:40Mm-hmm.
21:40And my concern is that you might be lying about that as well.
21:43Why?
21:44Because you lied about your O-levels.
21:46You never met Sir Alan Price at this programme.
21:47Completely different.
21:48Is it?
21:49Me, when I'm 15, 16 years old, trying to get my first job and knowing that they'll only
21:54even look at me if I've got an ear to see, is very, very different.
21:57You said here, have you ever lied or cheated?
22:00And you said, we all lie and cheat every day.
22:02Yeah.
22:03Do you lie and cheat every day?
22:04Yeah.
22:05Do you think that's good?
22:06No.
22:07But I think it's an honest answer.
22:09Right.
22:09So, okay, well, I applaud you for your integrity to say you lie and cheat every day.
22:14In your background here, where you say you lied to get your first job in sales, do you
22:19think that's acceptable behaviour?
22:22Lied to get my first job in sales?
22:24Yeah.
22:24Yeah.
22:24You said here, in my first position, I told you in the interview I had sales experience.
22:29The reality was you mimicked your sales role.
22:31That's not telling the truth, is it?
22:33I think in my very first sales role, I can't remember actually saying that I didn't have
22:39sales experience.
22:40I'm telling someone specifically.
22:41It's on your application.
22:42He cut through everything, yeah.
22:45Yeah, yeah.
22:46You know, a layer cake.
22:48He just...
22:49You know like them bricks they build up, yeah?
22:52When you go to them shows and they go...
22:54And breaks down through the bricks.
23:00It was like that?
23:00It was like that.
23:01I've ever lied and cheated.
23:03Everything stretches the truth.
23:04Well, it says here, yes I have.
23:06I have lied in my career, of course I have.
23:08One of the most impressive things you've ever done is turn a company from 3 million to 13
23:12million.
23:12I actually put, I was a fundamental part of, it was actually the chief exec who actually
23:16said that to me, you were a key fundamental part of turning it from 3.1 to 10.3, no, 13.1
23:22in two and a half years.
23:23How did you do that?
23:25I mean, it's not something that I blag, it's proven, I've got my P&L forecast, I can actually
23:30tell you how I'll do it, I improved efficiency.
23:32If I had somebody in my business that had increased revenue from 3 to 13 million in
23:37three years, you would be under lock and key.
23:39Yes.
23:39You wouldn't be sitting here.
23:40Yes.
23:41I wouldn't let you go.
23:42Yes.
23:42Ruth, I'm not convinced on that whole subject.
23:46There's something not quite right.
23:48You either weren't fundamentally responsible for increasing the turnover.
23:50No, it was a fundamental part.
23:57Jesus Christ.
23:58Which one did you see?
24:01You think you're going to win though, don't you?
24:02Yep.
24:03You think you're going to win hands down?
24:04No.
24:05Well, that was your words.
24:07Do you think you've got a chance of winning this competition?
24:09I have no idea.
24:10I think I've got, I'm in the mix, but whether I've got a realistic chance, I have no idea.
24:15I'm just myself.
24:16I think Ruth is definitely a strong candidate to win.
24:19If one person was going to leave, it'd probably be Paul.
24:22Why?
24:22Because Paul's very good at sales, he's very good at being funny, but I'm not kind of quite
24:27sure what else.
24:28The reason that I've come for this job is that I want a massive stage to play on.
24:32What does that mean?
24:33You say there's massive stage.
24:34Is it an acting career?
24:36No, no, no.
24:36I mean, I see my company, if you look at an analogy, and you might pick follow me for this,
24:41but I'm going to say anyway, like a cake, okay?
24:43If you've got your own business, you've got a small cake, and it's all yours, and you're
24:45very possessive of it.
24:46And people say, why don't you start your own business?
24:48Well, why have a little tiny cake when you can have a big slice of someone else's?
24:51Sir Alan Sugar's cake is huge.
24:53When he sees me go, after a year, he's going to pay me more, he's going to pay me loads
24:57more, and by ten years' time, I'm going to be further along with Sir Alan than I will
25:00ever be anywhere else.
25:01I think I'm brilliant.
25:02I think I'm great.
25:03Don't keep saying how brilliant you are.
25:05I'm just a likeable person who can get on with anyone at any level.
25:08You're not getting on with me.
25:09That's fine.
25:09That's a personal opinion.
25:10I thought you said you're getting on with everyone.
25:12No, I could definitely get on with you.
25:13I'm 26 years old, and I just feel as though I've done more than any other 26 years old.
25:18I've travelled the world, played cricket at a high level, beautiful girlfriend that
25:22I want to marry, done at my own house.
25:24So you've said all that.
25:25Yeah.
25:26I got all that.
25:26I mean...
25:26So, yeah, I'm completely happy.
25:28I'm a win-win situation.
25:35I didn't enjoy that one at all.
25:38It's just sort of like frustrating.
25:39You just feel like going, no.
25:41I think he's so wide open.
25:44Trust me.
25:45Please, it's over.
25:51It's over.
25:51It's over.
25:51After three hours of intensive questioning,
26:17the consultants report back to Sir Alan and his aides.
26:21Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford.
26:25As their fate hangs in the balance,
26:27the candidates have to wait in reception.
26:30All they know is two of them are going to get fired.
26:35OK, thanks for giving up a whole day of your time
26:39to look at these final four apprentices.
26:43Let's start with Michelle. Claude?
26:46I quite like the way that she presented herself.
26:48She seemed to be quiet but quite confident.
26:51One has to say that as a young woman, she's come from nowhere
26:54and apparently seems to have done very well.
26:57From my point of view, somebody who has got the inclination
26:59to be self-employed at this young age
27:02shows a certain amount of character.
27:03Now, why she'd want to go from being self-employed,
27:06where she's actually earning a lot of money,
27:07to go back into employment...
27:08Do you think she's earning that money, though, Claude?
27:10It's not for me to say.
27:12Did you take what you saw on the paper and think it's right?
27:14Well, I challenged her. At the end of the day, she was quite sort of resolute
27:16that that's what she was earning.
27:18I think it's quite possible.
27:22Pull on Michelle, then.
27:24I haven't really got a lot to add.
27:25And the reason I haven't got a lot to add is because she's quite boring.
27:28Yeah, her CV's dry.
27:30I think that she's had a very, very tough upbringing.
27:33Yeah, we touched on it.
27:34She was reluctant to discuss it in detail.
27:37I've had an incredible amount of knocks in my life.
27:39I've lost close people to me and my family, which is very, very tough.
27:42Yeah.
27:43But you get through those knocks.
27:45And what's different about having a hard time is how you deal with it.
27:47You can either go one way, which is the bad way,
27:48and you can kind of feel like a victim or whatever,
27:51or you can use that to propel you.
27:52And for me, that is 100% what drives me.
27:55I've had many people in my life saying to me,
27:57you know, you're not going to be anything.
27:59You're going to be on the dole with 20 kids,
28:01and that's fine if that's your choice.
28:03But that's not my choice.
28:04The reality is this is a young girl who's had a difficult childhood,
28:08who wants to better herself, and I like that aspect in her.
28:11I felt she was young, strong drive.
28:14She's a nice person, comes across as quite well in the interview.
28:19I felt she was quite strong.
28:20But she's weak on a lot of business disciplines.
28:23You know, she's got a core set.
28:25She's not, from what I've seen,
28:27she's not been involved in anything commercial particularly.
28:30She's one set removed from it.
28:32Listen, Nick and Margaret, you've been following her around for the past ten weeks.
28:36Do you want to kind of add anything to that?
28:38My observations are as follows.
28:40I think when push comes to shove and she has to perform in an interview situation,
28:45she's bloody good, all right?
28:47She's good in the boardroom when she's on losing teams.
28:49She's good with you.
28:50And I fear that she may have seduced you all because that's her great skill, all right?
28:54Secondly, ambitious.
28:56She's fiercely ambitious.
28:57She came from being a check-out girl at Quicksave and she stormed ahead and she's doing very well.
29:02And I wonder whether her ambition is not in danger of damaging the job that she does,
29:08because she just wants to get on and on and on.
29:10My third point, very quickly, personality.
29:14It's difficult to spot.
29:16It's difficult to spot.
29:18I think she's a very cold fish.
29:20Yeah, very cold.
29:21And in a people business selling, I think it would be...
29:25I ain't exactly warm as toast myself, am I, really?
29:28I mean, if you know what I mean.
29:29Let's talk about Sir Ansel now.
29:31When I saw his CV, I'd have put it in the bin.
29:34But when I saw the man, I quite liked him.
29:36And I thought that he came over as charming.
29:39He came over as somebody who was willing to learn, wanting to gain more experience.
29:43But maybe that's just the way he behaves.
29:45But I ended up quite liking him.
29:47And I thought that he was somebody who you might just be able to influence and mould and work with.
29:52I quite like Ansel myself.
29:54I do, I quite like him.
29:55He is, he's like a good boy.
29:55And also you've got to like people who you work with also, if you know what I mean.
29:58Yes, he's a very nice boy.
30:00Ansel's a salesman.
30:02The problem you've got with Ansel is that's all he is.
30:05I took off my watch during the interview and asked him to sell it to me.
30:08What you'll notice from this watch is, in terms of the bracelet, it's got a lovely design.
30:13Obviously, it's a nice chrome colour, which is a nice colour that people like at the moment.
30:18It's got a fantastic face, which is very contemporary in its style.
30:22You'll notice that it's a watch that was made in Geneva, which then highlights the quality.
30:27It's got fantastic black face.
30:30And again, the colours stand out and look really nice.
30:33I think it's a watch that, why don't you try it on?
30:36I like it, I like this watch.
30:39He is a salesman, that's all he's ever really done.
30:42But he didn't do his selling properly here.
30:44He, you know, he did no research on understanding your organisations, the parts, the products you sell, the companies in there.
30:53And he sat there and basically said, yep, you're right.
30:56I didn't, I didn't do that.
30:57And I found that strange for someone who wants to be an apprentice, that they haven't really done their homework and really got it together.
31:04Well, you mean, you were surprised that even at this late stage, 10 weeks down the line, that he didn't really know what we do?
31:12He loosely knew it, as much as you could, you know, loosely say, well, I've heard of Amstrad.
31:17But if I asked him what products they had, what markets they were in, he just didn't have the knowledge.
31:22I liked him as an individual, but I found him shallow.
31:26He's a great guy, a nice man, but it's sales.
31:30And I don't think, actually, he's that great a salesman either.
31:33I think he is a good salesman.
31:35A great salesman?
31:36I don't know whether he's a great salesman, I think he's a good salesman.
31:39And I think he can adapt his sales patter technique, whatever you call it, to fit with different sorts of people.
31:46I've seen, he empathises quite well.
31:48I mean, you all liked him, didn't you?
31:49Yes, he does, but the ultimate salesman is able to sell themselves.
31:53And the reality is he didn't manage to do that.
31:55Is he an all-round apprentice? Probably not.
31:58Could he be?
32:00You know what? It's difficult.
32:02It's difficult, Alan. I'm not convinced.
32:04You know what? He's just a nice guy.
32:07So, we've now got Ruth.
32:10I was very, very concerned about her CV.
32:12Very concerned, because to me, she looks like Wonder Woman here.
32:14I asked her whether there's anybody else in the business, or is it just her?
32:17She told me that the company had gone public last year, and that she'd received some share options.
32:23She'd jacked in her job, and she'd surrendered the shares, and I find that...
32:27What, to come here?
32:28Yes. They offered her a sabbatical, and it just seemed to me to be rash and diabolical, and she must be telling some...
32:34Not telling me the whole story, because nobody gives up a super-duper job, high salary, great prospects, a big package of options.
32:42The point you're making is, is that she should have taken the sabbatical, even if they weren't going to pay her, at least have a job ready.
32:51When she walked in the door, she walked in with such force, you know, like, crikey, and she sits forward like this.
33:01She's very tense.
33:03I'm...
33:04You're like hyper.
33:05I am.
33:05Relax.
33:05I am, well, I am relaxed, but don't forget, I've got to come across to you.
33:09Calm, calm.
33:09You don't have to be calm.
33:11I've got to come across to you and justify my points, okay?
33:13So I am up for it, without a doubt.
33:15This is the way that I am.
33:16You're making me want to sit back, yeah?
33:17I'll be a little bit.
33:18Sit back, relax, relax.
33:19Do you think I'm aggressive?
33:20Cook.
33:22No.
33:22Not many.
33:24If you take away that unnecessary aggression, and the fact that she rarely breathes in, she's actually quite good.
33:31There are inconsistencies in her CV, you know, the fact that she made a business from 3 million to 13 million,
33:37and appears to have earned less than 1% of the increase.
33:40You know, I'm sure all of that is bravado.
33:43But the reality is, how does someone impress us in the space of 10, 15, 20 minutes?
33:48She would certainly sort of get people's backs up in an organisation.
33:52Having said that, she wants to succeed.
33:55She desperately wants to be the apprentice.
33:58So, you know, I think there's a point of, does she want the job?
34:01Yes, she does.
34:02Is she available?
34:03Yes, she is.
34:03Would she do a good job of it?
34:05I think she'd give it her best shot.
34:07Paul on Paul.
34:08I've got no idea what he's doing here.
34:11Really?
34:12I'm genuinely amazed that he's got this far.
34:16When he comes in this boardroom here, he will say that he has won in most of the tasks,
34:22he has never been one of the three, and consequently, I will say to him, you're right,
34:28I've never spoken to you.
34:30No, but I have never spoken to the guy.
34:33That's the bottom line, I think.
34:34So I don't really know him.
34:35He is a door-to-door salesman.
34:37This is where I need your input.
34:38Alan, he's a door-to-door salesman.
34:40He looks like one.
34:42He dresses like one.
34:43He's a nice guy.
34:44I'm sure he's very funny.
34:45If I went down the pub and had a few drinks, I'm sure he could make me laugh.
34:49Would I want him coming in and running one of my businesses?
34:51Not a chance.
34:52How did he get here?
34:54I don't know.
34:55Some of the comments he made in his CV I found offensive.
34:58It was your comment on what makes you angry.
35:01You've written, people who sell the big issue.
35:03Not once have I seen somebody actually trying to sell it.
35:05All they do is shove it in your face and say, big issue.
35:08Why don't they sell the features of the magazine highlighting the value for money?
35:11Are you aware that it's homeless people selling the big issue?
35:13Yeah.
35:13Are you aware of that?
35:14Yeah, definitely.
35:15Because these homeless people are not established salesmen.
35:18They're trying to eat.
35:19They're trying to eat.
35:20So I thought that was a little naughty.
35:22No, I appreciate that comment, but from my point of view, I've had the biggest...
35:25All the things that make you angry.
35:27What a thing to make you angry.
35:28Homeless people selling magazines.
35:31Do me a favour, yeah?
35:34The fact that he's on 25 grand a year is about right.
35:38And if you go down out of this boardroom, down the road to the Peugeot sales office,
35:42you'll find four Pauls in there.
35:44And three of them will be wearing nicer suits.
35:46So, okay, Claude.
35:49I didn't like him at all.
35:51I didn't like his CV.
35:52I didn't like the whole way he discussed himself, that he's the best, he's brilliant.
35:56I just don't like him.
35:57A 25-year-old kid, you can't be the best.
36:00You know, you can have aspirations.
36:01You can think that you're on the way to being good.
36:03But he's just much, much too cocky.
36:06I just think that he's somebody who hasn't done a day's work in his life yet, Alan.
36:09I don't know how he's holding down the job he's doing.
36:11But it seems to me that he's just a chancer.
36:15I thought he's a likeable chap.
36:19I didn't have any problem with him as a person who came across.
36:23It was the worst interview by far out of all four for me.
36:27He fell apart under the smallest push on the interview.
36:31The CV didn't stack up at all.
36:34The dates, by his own confession, his, we all lie and cheat every day.
36:39Well, I think he lied and cheated when he booked his resume down.
36:41So the fact he couldn't even hold any of the dates up.
36:44You know what he's like?
36:45He's like one of these blokes that turn up at your door with mortgage protection policies
36:49and say, if you're ever ill, you know, this is really good, sign here.
36:53And he rings up and he gets his 30 quid for filling out the coupon.
36:56Yeah, and he adds them up and then spends them at the end of the week down the pub.
36:59That is what is so surprising to me.
37:01As I've explained to you before, I haven't spoken to the fellow.
37:04I have had some relatively good reports from these two people here about him.
37:09No matter what they say, I've seen him organising, I've seen him selling,
37:13I've seen him controlling a team and leading a team.
37:15And let me tell you, on the Grand Princess,
37:18when Syed and Ruth made such a complete shambles of their task,
37:22he produced a three-page document laying out exactly what they're going to do,
37:27when they were going to do it, he's all right.
37:30Now, maybe he set himself up in an interview mode for the three of them
37:36and got it dramatically wrong with him.
37:43Who should I keep?
37:44I am, to some extent, swayed by what Margaret and Nick have said.
37:54She seems to be the best of what you've got left.
37:58As a candidate, whereas, frankly, from the interview, I would have just dismissed her.
38:01So if you're asking me, Alan, I would say...
38:03My probably is probably the strongest person.
38:05I'm absolutely, absolutely gobsmacked about...
38:10You know, if you wanted to give someone a help up in life...
38:13He's a very nice boy.
38:14But I don't think you're getting a brain surgeon there.
38:16Have you noticed any I've got at the moment?
38:19It's not as cut and dried.
38:20OK, guys, once again, thanks a lot for everything, all your input.
38:29As you know, I'm the kind of guy that makes up his own mind,
38:32but you have been very useful to me.
38:34Thanks, Alan.
38:42Thanks.
38:42I think the interesting thing is on this fellow Paul, really, who...
38:53And it is amazing that even after ten weeks,
38:58you know, at this kind of eleventh hour, as far as I'm concerned,
39:01I completely see him in a different light.
39:03Paul is supremely confident that he's going to win.
39:06I think you'll probably find his suitcase is empty.
39:09Really?
39:10We're going to call the four people back in here.
39:13He will be given the opportunity to talk to me.
39:16I hear what you say, I hear what Nick says,
39:19I hear what they say.
39:20Let's hear what he says.
39:24Hello?
39:25Hi, Jenny.
39:26Can you send the four of them in, please?
39:27Yes, sir.
39:29You can go through to the boardroom now.
39:40I'll start off by saying one thing, is that you may have worked out by now
39:59that I'm one of those people that listens to others, but in the end, I make my mind up.
40:14It's me making the final decision of who will be the apprentice.
40:18There's been a lot of interesting stuff come out from the guys, really.
40:24Some of it has surprised me, to be perfectly honest.
40:29Paul, you must be some dynamo, because you've only been in your last job for a month.
40:36They've still paid you for this past 12 weeks.
40:38They've got the job waiting for you, and if you win this apprentice, it'll be okay,
40:44never mind, that's fine.
40:45But if you don't, you can come back for a job.
40:47Is that right?
40:48Yeah.
40:48That's unbelievable.
40:49How did you pull that deal off?
40:51That's unbelievable.
40:52You've been there only a month.
40:53Yeah.
40:53You haven't got to pay them back.
40:54No.
40:55Like that.
40:55No, no.
40:56The chairman rang me and said, how can I not support you?
40:59If any of my staff want to better themselves, then I would absolutely support them.
41:03If he's only been there a month, perhaps he thought maybe he got no chance of winning.
41:08No way.
41:08You think you've got a chance of winning this?
41:10Yeah.
41:10You do?
41:10Yeah.
41:11Why is that?
41:12Because over the last 10 weeks of all the tasks, I've proved myself.
41:22Michelle, I have a difficulty with you in kind of working out who you are, quite frankly.
41:33I find some of the dialogue very kind of clinical.
41:37I don't see any kind of passion and personality in there.
41:41Why am I feeling that way?
41:43I don't know.
41:43I'm very passionate about what I do.
41:45I'm passionate about getting and winning this job as well.
41:47I don't think I can...
41:48Are you a little devil somewhere beneath there?
41:50I mean, I don't mind if you are.
41:52You know, there's a little devilment in you somewhere.
41:54A bit of a sting, like a scorpion of some kind.
41:57No.
41:57I have my moments, the same as everybody, but no, not at all.
42:01I'm all right.
42:01I'm all right.
42:03Hmm.
42:07Now, Ruth, there's a little problem that I've got, and that is the reason why you're here.
42:11Okay.
42:13On your CV, according to one of these gentlemen, you told him that you kind of gave up the opportunity of share options in a PLC company.
42:23Yeah.
42:23You gave up the offer of a sabbatical to come here.
42:27You gave it all up just to come here.
42:29Just turned around and said, no, I'm giving up my job.
42:32Are you that confident that you were going to win this?
42:34No, but what I don't do is I don't mess around with people.
42:36And at the end of the day...
42:37No, but if they were offering you a sabbatical to come back...
42:38Okay, they were sitting.
42:39No, sir, I don't know.
42:40Surely you've got to have some kind of contingency plan.
42:42I have got a contingency plan, but the problem was I actually sat down with my chief exec,
42:46and what he said to me was, I want an answer that if you do not get the apprentice,
42:50you will definitely come back and work here.
42:52And I couldn't hand on heart, sit there and say yes.
42:54Why not? Didn't you like the job?
42:56Did I like the job? Yeah, I liked the job.
42:58But the problem was I knew that I'd learned things in here,
43:00which had actually changed my perspective of life, and it has.
43:04But I wasn't going to sign a contract to say I would definitely, definitely go back.
43:07Ansel. Nice fellow, aren't you?
43:12Sir Alan, from my point of view, people say I'm nice, but in all the time that I've been here,
43:18I've been not frightened to put my point across.
43:20For me, it's about how you put the point across and making sure that the message is understood.
43:25You're a salesman. Are you a one-trick pony?
43:28I'm not a one-trick pony. In terms of the work that I've done, I've had all-round operational responsibility,
43:33I've had all-round service and financial responsibility. I think that I've got absolute passion, I have got personality and character, and I know that I've got a sponge in terms of my brain.
43:43I learn very, very quickly, and I know that there's more to me.
43:47Paul, some little bird told me that he was so confident that when you came to the boardrooms on some occasions,
43:56you didn't even bother to pack your bag. You came with an empty bag. Is that right?
43:59That's right, yeah.
44:00Why is that? You really thought you were immune? It's not going to happen to you?
44:03I actually thought if I got fired in them kind of tasks, then I deserved not to have any clothes anyway.
44:11That was a joke, was it?
44:12No.
44:13No.
44:13Okay.
44:14Ultimately, I felt I was confident enough that I didn't want to go. I wasn't going.
44:18How do you feel now? Have you said enough to me yet for you to be in the final two?
44:23Well, I haven't really had a chance to talk to you, really.
44:26Go on, then. That's what we're doing here today, because I've got to tell you, three people have told me about you,
44:31another two people have told me about you. The only person I haven't heard from is you.
44:35And let me tell you now, you're on a burn down now. Because you've won seven tasks,
44:40don't mean jack shit to me, quite frankly, because I haven't spoken to you yet. So you speak to me.
44:45You speak to me now, because I'm telling you, it's getting close for that door over there. Do you understand?
44:52Well, well, well, Sir Alan, I really want the job. There's no doubt about it. I think I'm at a good age.
44:57I think I've proved myself over the last ten tasks, but ultimately, I think, although I'm very confident
45:02and cocky, I also think that I am someone who can learn a lot from someone like yourself.
45:11People have told me about you, and it's uncanny that all of them, without exception,
45:17say that you're just a salesman. Just an ordinary, happy-go-lucky salesman. In fact,
45:22one of them put it that, you know, he's the type of fellow you'd expect knocking on your door
45:27to kind of sell you some kind of insurance policy or some extended guarantee or something like that.
45:32I feel strongly that that is not the case. That is not what I do. My sales techniques and my
45:36strategies that I've learned from work and do every day at work are a lot more in-depth
45:41than just knocking on the door. As a door-to-door salesperson, I really object to that.
45:49Michelle, from the age of about 15, I think, and again, I don't want to get too personal,
45:54you've actually gone and done jobs, right?
45:56Yeah.
45:57You know, even in while you were at school, is that right?
46:00Yeah.
46:00Sometimes two or three jobs, according to one of my colleagues, is that right?
46:03In a day, yeah.
46:04In a day, right. Very, very commendable, because you needed, you know, self-preservation.
46:09And you fought your way up to your own business, which is making over 100 grand a year.
46:14Are you flanneling me about this £100,000 a year?
46:17Am I what-ing?
46:18Flanneling, flanneling, telling me porky pies, adding a bit of VAT onto the story.
46:23You can check my references, and everyone will validate when.
46:26I'd rather check your bank statement.
46:28If I had it, I'd show you it to prove it. I don't.
46:30But without a doubt, it's not about money.
46:32I've got a good base already. I've got some good experience.
46:35Nobody's ever taught me anything. I've learnt everything myself.
46:37And for me, this is an opportunity to work with somebody that is good at what they do.
46:40But the point is, wild horses would have to drag me to go and work for someone.
46:45If I would have achieved what you've achieved, which I did, right,
46:50there is no way I'm ever going back to work for somebody.
46:54What do you want to work for me for?
46:55Do you want to stand in the way of these other three people?
47:00Yeah, I do, actually.
47:07It's getting to the time now where we've got to cut to the chase,
47:10and I've got to choose two people that are going, OK?
47:13So I'm going to give you the last opportunity, starting with you, Ansel.
47:17Why shouldn't you go?
47:18I shouldn't go, Sir Ellen, because, one, I've proven that I have a number of skills
47:23over a period of time. I am raw talent. I've got tremendous passion and drive.
47:29And I also think that working for you, I think that I would learn a tremendous amount.
47:34OK, Ruth.
47:34I'm your apprentice for a number of reasons.
47:38Number one, again, I've demonstrated all the skills that you're looking for.
47:41I've shown my commitment to the role. I have given 100% on every single task.
47:46There is not nothing that I won't do to come and work for you.
47:49If you're looking for somebody to come on board who has got a fantastic array of skills,
47:55but can increase productivity and basically, hopefully, take your business up to the next level,
48:00I'm that person.
48:05Paul?
48:06I just want this job more than anyone here, without a doubt.
48:08I'm a fantastic apprentice for somebody like yourself.
48:11I've learned a lot. I've done a lot for the age that I am in life.
48:16And I think that I could develop existing accounts that you've already got and win new business also.
48:21People work with me in business and me because...
48:24Business? You're 25 years old. You haven't been in business.
48:27How long have you been in bloody business?
48:28Three years.
48:29Three years? You're talking as if you've been in it for 30 years.
48:33I've only got three years to base it onto Alan and that is whenever I have...
48:36Look, you've done yourself a good deal, haven't you?
48:37You reckon there's someone out there waiting for your existing employer, yeah?
48:41There's plenty of people waiting for me.
48:42Well, I've got to tell you, Paul, you haven't convinced me today, right?
48:55So, Paul, I'm letting you go. Paul, you're fired.
48:58Thank you, Paul.
49:27Michelle why should I choose you as the apprentice I think I've got a good base
49:34for you to build on I think I've got a lot to give you I think I've got a lot
49:37to learn from you and I think I would fit well into the culture of your
49:40company is your family proud of you what the family that you care of yeah yeah
49:45and your sisters and your brothers you've got your brothers yes three right
49:49and they proud of what you've done yeah yeah they are you support them I do yes
49:55they get what they want yeah so I like that answer I like your spirit and I've
50:02like what you've done also and I'm gonna give you a chance I really am gonna give
50:08you a chance because I think looking back on on what you've done and listening to
50:14the guys my guys they see that you fought your way up from nowhere and I'm gonna
50:18give you an opportunity you're staying okay
50:32you will understand answer that just being a nice guy it's not necessarily you
50:39know what I need you keep hopping back to the fact that I'm a nice guy please as
50:45far as I'm concerned yes I do get on with people I can report with people but I
50:48am a person who can be open yet direct yeah nice guys one thing but when I need
50:53to be able to put my point across I can do my colleagues say to me that you're a
50:56salesman a very very good salesman sir Alan what I have also done in my time I
51:01have set up departments I've set up brand new operations so that's recruit that
51:06that alone takes a wide range of skills I've done that with big sales teams and
51:11that includes regional managers branch managers I've done that range and that
51:15is not just about being a salesperson I can go out there and I can sell with the
51:19best of them and everybody that I've worked with I can prove that but I also
51:22have the skills that I can sit back and help bring people on and motivate them to
51:27do other things so I do feel I have the all-round ability great speech Ansel
51:32great speech roof can you top that I can top that because I actually think I've got
51:38the edge number one I've proven every single skill for in the last 10 weeks if
51:44you look at the festival down to the cat calendar even though it was a
51:47nightmare down to AMZER approved I can manage I've proved I can manage when we're
51:51looking at the design I can motivate a team when we're talking about problems in
51:55the house and Michelle will back me up on this I've made sure that I've sorted
51:58everything out so we're actually you working as a unit I feel on this table I'm
52:03the person that wants the job the most I've worked the hardest without a doubt and
52:07I'll prove what I can do it's a tough tough decision both got tremendously good
52:14skills
52:19I'm struggling here I really am struggling here because the rules are that one of
52:26you is gonna go and I've got to end up with two people left for the final task of
52:30the apprentice Ruth I've had a bit of problems with understanding about your
52:38last job my people had a lot of misunderstanding about your last job I
52:45had problems with you in the task before in pointing the finger at Saeed when it
52:50came to reading the rules you know you sail a bit close to the wind when it comes
52:55to the truth in my opinion with my last job I can verify well I'm talking and it
53:03would be a very very sorry state of affairs if if if I make a wrong
53:08decision here on someone who kind of bends the truth a little bit yeah and puts
53:13the knife in the back of people when I don't do that well I think it didn't do a
53:16bad job on Saeed the other day
53:22so
53:25Ruth
53:32I'm also gonna let you stay
53:37Ansel you're a very very fine fellow but Ansel regretfully I've got to say to you
53:42you're fine
53:49thank you very much
53:55I've given you two ladies the chance of a lifetime okay you've got a lot to do for
54:15me a lot to do for me I put my trust in you but well done thank you back to the house and
54:20I'll see you in a couple of days thank you sir
54:27so
54:36oh
54:38Oh, that man.
54:55When he said Michelle, I just thought, I've gone, I've gone, I've gone.
55:00And I thought, no.
55:01At the end, I just wanted to grab him and say, give me the job, which is why I was doing...
55:05Oh, what a nightmare.
55:09I've never in my life fought for anything so hard as I have to do this.
55:15Oh, I'm just, like, absolutely blown away, I'm telling you.
55:18Absolutely blown away. I'm so proud of both of us.
55:20I know.
55:21I think we've done well, girl.
55:23The biggest thing for me is the fact that the two people you've got here,
55:27number one, have got five GCSEs between us.
55:30We haven't got any degrees.
55:32We're self-made people and we're women.
55:35It's amazing that I was called nice so many times.
55:40In the end, I had a complex about being nice.
55:43From my point of view, I've come third and I've had a fantastic experience
55:47and I've learned so much as well.
55:48When you're sitting across from Sir Alan and he's cutting into you
55:51and he's carving you to pieces, you learn.
55:54It's over and I wish I was staying,
55:57but, you know, the two people that are in the frame are fantastic people
56:00and they've got a great chance of winning.
56:02That was the first time that me and him had had a chance to have a one-on-one
56:06and maybe he had some weeks where he thought,
56:09I wanted to have a word with Paul about something,
56:11but never got the chance.
56:12So, you know, I got ten weeks of wrath off him then.
56:15So, at the end of the day,
56:16if he sees me as someone that can have a laugh down the pub with everyone
56:18and just sell to people,
56:21then that's fine because I'll make a hell of a lot of money
56:22and I'll have a good laugh doing it, definitely.
56:31Next week on The Apprentice.
56:34I've laid on what I consider to be London's greatest venue.
56:39Michelle and Ruth go head-to-head in the final.
56:42Your boobs look huge.
56:43They are huge.
56:45And the ex-candidates are back.
56:47I think you've got the potential to absolutely fucking kill this for me.
56:50Fucking hell, Michelle, what are you doing to me?
56:52We've sold out.
56:53The other fucking team have completely got one over on us.
56:57And they've shafted us.
57:00There's a moment.
57:01I'm not going to support you.
57:02I've actually got to be doing on tonight.
57:04Yeah.
57:04Come on, guys!
57:07My name's Nathan Lasker.
57:08After 12 weeks, the party is finally over.
57:12I think I've made a decision.
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