Why aren't they having one this year? 
One of my favourite bits
One of my favourite bits
Interview Episode
sir alan investing in their business has for me made the show boring
he just goes for the one whose business plan he likes the most (he obviously look at them before, shooses the four he likes the most and already know they will get to the final, cause why is that blonde guy still there) i really wanted dwayne to be in the final
or in the case of tom a whole different business plan
and i liked it when they brought back the peope who got fired to help on the final task
still love the interviews.
he just goes for the one whose business plan he likes the most (he obviously look at them before, shooses the four he likes the most and already know they will get to the final, cause why is that blonde guy still there) i really wanted dwayne to be in the final
or in the case of tom a whole different business plan
and i liked it when they brought back the peope who got fired to help on the final task
still love the interviews.
Originally Posted by HatzofBarts:
“love the interviews, glad they do still happen but agreed the final without a task is sillly”
“love the interviews, glad they do still happen but agreed the final without a task is sillly”
I disagree. When the final was the regular task, it was never decided on the last task. That's why they stopped measuring the task on how much money they made after two years. Because both times, the person who had made less money (Tim & Michelle) had been hired.
The interviews of the business plans obviously are key to Sir Alan in deciding who he'll hire, fundamental in fact. So the last task has meaning.
Originally Posted by TXF0429:
“I disagree. When the final was the regular task, it was never decided on the last task. That's why they stopped measuring the task on how much money they made after two years. Because both times, the person who had made less money (Tim & Michelle) had been hired.
The interviews of the business plans obviously are key to Sir Alan in deciding who he'll hire, fundamental in fact. So the last task has meaning.”
“I disagree. When the final was the regular task, it was never decided on the last task. That's why they stopped measuring the task on how much money they made after two years. Because both times, the person who had made less money (Tim & Michelle) had been hired.
The interviews of the business plans obviously are key to Sir Alan in deciding who he'll hire, fundamental in fact. So the last task has meaning.”
Agreed. Having the interviews as the final show may be less entertaining - although I always like them - but it is far more relevant given that the prize is all about the quality of the business plans, which require an interview process to really dig into. What more is one more task (where Sugar would ignore any quantitative result anyway) going to tell anyone?
They should give us an overview of the candidate's plans. This would be more involving for us viewers and make the programme more interesting and give an insight into why a candidate might win.
Originally Posted by slouchingthatch:
“Agreed. Having the interviews as the final show may be less entertaining - although I always like them - but it is far more relevant given that the prize is all about the quality of the business plans, which require an interview process to really dig into. What more is one more task (where Sugar would ignore any quantitative result anyway) going to tell anyone?”
“Agreed. Having the interviews as the final show may be less entertaining - although I always like them - but it is far more relevant given that the prize is all about the quality of the business plans, which require an interview process to really dig into. What more is one more task (where Sugar would ignore any quantitative result anyway) going to tell anyone?”
True, but the interviews were as pointless. Tom looked just as hopeless before his interviews as after, and his business plan was torn to shreds by the interviewers and then ignored by Lord Sugar as soon as it was seen. The nail file was in the CV. Tom could have said nothing and still won.
At the other extreme, the interviewers found fault with Susan's plans and figures and she was rejected on that argument. However, that seems to have been a complete red herring as he later bought into her proposal. The whole point of having Lord Sugar involved was to sort out the bigger issues that the candidates lacked the support and experience to do - so an awful lot of issues that the interviewers find with the plans are going to be similarly irrelevant.
