The Apprentice - 2009

Admiral Huddy said:
I meant it in a good way. Although he ****** up the interview big time. Some of the rubbish that he came out with and his his CV.. "Money ****** up the wall..". His CV would have hit the bin. the selection process obviously looks for entertainment value in candidates as well as potential candidates for winning.
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I'm sure he'll get head hunted for another role anyway. He's a very likeable lad.


As for Debra, I wouldn't be suprised if Big Daddy Shuggs offers her a job after the show ends.
 
Debra is a real piece of work, and the problem she had was that as soon as anyone dared to disagree with her or put another point of view across, she then became extremely defensive and aggressive at the same time.

Potentially that will mellow with time but I wouldn't have taken the chance if it was my decision. Knowing what she's like I would never hire Debra to even clean my bogs.

Why are people saying Kate is boring all of a sudden? I don't remember anyone saying that before last night's episode when one of the interviewers said that her style was too robotic. Being an able interviewee is an admirable trait, she's not boring at all.
 
checked at the betting place lastnight and James was highest to win, he should have won the show instead of those 2 planks...

The reason why he went out was because there has been no women who have won the show for ages.
 
Scoobie Dave said:
I think she has been extremely luck being on the wining teams most weeks. She has had an easy ride if you ask me. I just hope she dont win it tbh.
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I'd give her a harder ride. Hang on that didn't quite work, but the words are there anyway.


Anyhow, did anyone notice Claude during James' interview pulling him up on acronyms? Some of them might have been fair, but not understanding what SLA means??? Seemed bizzare to me, I'd always understood it as a cross-industry term.

Jamesdavid3 said:
The reason why he went out was because there has been no women who have won the show for ages.
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You're having a laugh aren't you? Would you have given him that job after the way he came across in those interviews? As much as I think it's important to work with people you get on with, there's no way I would have chosen him over the two finalists. I think the only major mistake was sacking Howard the other week instead of Lorraine, who as someone pointed out earlier seems to have gone more and more loopy. She'll have her own TV show on "Living TV" next with Derek Acorah and some other nutjobs.
 
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Admiral Huddy said:
Debra is rude and offensive. No one likes in a person leading a team who may show these characteristics. I guess that Sir Alan Sugar thought she might change as she did have potential but couldn't afford to take the chance in her upsetting people around her.

Kate is a lovely person throughout and her interviews were superb.. Good answers, confident, composed.. Even in the boardroom she had the right answers. I just like the way she looks from outside the box.
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If I was in buisness i'd want the best person to be able to do the job, not speak it.

Kate has done nothing throughout and like she said before the interviews, she's good at it, and knew she was. She can talk the talk, but thats about it.

For me I was disappointed a blagger got through above others that were better. Plus that accent would get on my ***s.
 
Kate is professional, an excellent salesperson, attractive (which never hurts), a more than competent interviewee, and intelligent. I picked her as the strongest candidate from week 2 and nothing has changed my mind since. She's clearly the best.
 
Robbie G said:
Debra is a real piece of work, and the problem she had was that as soon as anyone dared to disagree with her or put another point of view across, she then became extremely defensive and aggressive at the same time.

Potentially that will mellow with time but I wouldn't have taken the chance if it was my decision. Knowing what she's like I would never hire Debra to even clean my bogs.

Why are people saying Kate is boring all of a sudden? I don't remember anyone saying that before last night's episode when one of the interviewers said that her style was too robotic. Being an able interviewee is an admirable trait, she's not boring at all.
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I'm not saying Kate is not a personable character. I think she will get on well with people but the guy did say exactly what I thought if her.
I knew a woman at work who was just as beautiful (even more so), excellent at what she did but she also lacked that steel/hard as nails when she needs to be. True she keeps everyone happy - but at the same time she fails to make that extra step because of it.

On the non-work side.. I find both Debra and Kate very good looking (oddly the more I see Debra the more I sway her way) ;)
 
seems to me Kate hasn't been challenged in the apprentice and for that reason its hard to tell if she is good enough to be the next apprentice or not. IMO she wasn't a key player in any of the tasks and didn't stand out as much as Ben, Philip, Debra, Yasmina in anything.

howard was just as good as kate in all the tasks..aka boring but did all right things
 
NickK said:
I'm not saying Kate is not a personable character. I think she will get on well with people but the guy did say exactly what I thought if her.
I knew a woman at work who was just as beautiful (even more so), excellent at what she did but she also lacked that steel/hard as nails when she needs to be. True she keeps everyone happy - but at the same time she fails to make that extra step because of it.

On the non-work side.. I find both Debra and Kate very good looking (oddly the more I see Debra the more I sway her way) ;)
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Define steel/hard as nails though? Being an unreasonable bitch isn't the same thing.

Steel in business is being firm, confident, and resolute, not being rude and over-touchy to everyone that crosses your path. In practical terms that will simply alienate your team.

Using pure aggression as a method of persuasion and influence, gets you precisely nowhere in most environments. If you can't lead without ranting at every opportunity, you're not a leader.
 
Robbie G said:
Define steel/hard as nails though? Being an unreasonable bitch isn't the same thing.

Steel in business is being firm, confident, and resolute, not being rude and over-touchy to everyone that crosses your path. In practical terms that will simply alienate your team.

Using pure aggression as a method of persuasion and influence, gets you precisely nowhere in most environments. If you can't lead without ranting at every opportunity, you're not a leader.
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gordon ramsay disagrees :D
 
Edinho said:
If I was in buisness i'd want the best person to be able to do the job, not speak it.

Kate has done nothing throughout and like she said before the interviews, she's good at it, and knew she was. She can talk the talk, but thats about it.

For me I was disappointed a blagger got through above others that were better. Plus that accent would get on my ***s.
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The alternative is a loud, foul mouthed woman who would do nothing more than upset those that work round her. This would be detrimental to any business. Business sometimes needs stability and someone with a cool head when things go wrong.

This all said, thinking about the two finalists, It's pretty even for different reasons.
 
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