Not only your CV..but you yourself?
I think the interviewers are perhaps rude for the sake of entertainment. If I was being interviewed, I might either cry, leave or find it very difficult to not lose it. Especially if they tear your CV to shreds.
Perhaps the trick would be to not lie on it. I know most ppl certainly tell a few white lies. :

I would walk out of any interview that was so hostile - the working environment of a place that allowed someone to interview like these guys do would be appalling

I'd probably get the Lucinda accusation, that I lack commitment and just go for the next thing that takes my fancy, because I do.

Being interviewed by them, I'd probably end up waffling on and then go blank when really pressed on something, with lots of erm's. Finally just admitting defeat and shrugging.

You really have to fight back, once you accept theyre going to be hostile whatever you present them for TV entertainment purposes and there own ego's it should be easier to be bullish in responding.

Yep you have to fight back. Look em in the eye, smile and give a smart ass reply right back at them.

I think if you apply for a show such as this, you would need to make sure your CV was going to stand up to deep scrutiny and understand that they are going to go through every part of it along with the business plan with a fine tooth comb.

Jade must have some brass neck with the one that she submitted. I think had I been her, I'd have sat there with a bag over my head.

Haha, even if I had a good CV I think I'd like to submit a bad one just to see how far I'd get with Claude in a verbal sparring match.

My CV would be terrible. I'm three years younger than Tom but have no signs of a multi-million pound business on the horizon.

So when are you going to apply then?

I think I might like to see that showdown between you and Von Claude Hopper

I'm so tempted to apply but unfortunately I'm at the halfway age between Young Apprentice and The Apprentice and no one would take me seriously. That and my complete lack of business acumen and experience.

Though I have experienced more job interviews than Tom, which I found really odd.

haha. Well at least you are honest. Though if you decide to be dishonest, you could always get somebody like Tom's dad to do up a dummy business plan and CV for you to try and get you an entry. (Not that I'm in anyway saying that this is what Tom did)

Careful, it's known that the fine wine industry has some powerful lawyers.

[shudders]

haha!

I wouldn't get in the door to the building with my CV, let alone the interview room. I'm not even a fish

I would have no idea what to do, I think I'm quite good ay interviews but the ones they do on the Apprentice scare me to death sometimes.

It's funny to watch though, especially the ones with the big egos that we always hate like Debra, Stuart and Jim because they just get ripped to shreds .

Aww...it can't be that bad. But if it is, you just need to be a bit more creative (like 99% of the population)

Don't forget the editing on these shows. We've no idea whether these interviewers get their comeuppance and it lands on the cutting room floor

The candidates are in a bit of a Catch-22 situation, as they have to submit outrageous applications in order to get noticed and picked in the process in the first place. Unfortunately, these come back later to bite them in the bum, and create great entertainment at the interview stage.

The best case scenario is the one Ricky found himself in, i.e. the dreadful application being ripped apart, but the astute business plan being praised. At least he had the genuine comeback of saying he'd changed since the application process.

Very harsh interviews have a bad reputation generally. But the Apprentice is a special case - they have effectively been through a HUGE assessment process, and this is just one detail of it, trying to see how they deal with hostile pressure.

I wouldn't like it. Last time I had an intereview it consisted of the single question, "Er, why do you think you would like the job?" I rabbited on a bit, then they said "All right, when can you start?"

There's definitely a strategy in their ruthlessness. It all boils down to you not flustering and giving kickass answers back and being able to give just as kickass questions back to them.

Oh bless you Bag for being honest in how you'd react. Was Claude interviewing tonight because out of all of them, he's the only one who'd faze me. Yes you're also right about not lying and you need to have a good memory if you're going to do that. You're also right though in that everyone tells a white lie or two on their CV

I think that's very true for most trades. However, sales is cut-throat business and these guys are in the art of landing on their feet, so to speak. I think it's a shocker for anyone who hasn't ever been in many interview situations, but especially hasn't been in high-end sales type interviews.

I love Claude! He is a legend!

'You are an arrogant fool!' You sock it to him big man!

lol..I cringe and nervously giggle watching ppl I don't quite like getting slaughtered during the interviews. I expect that would be wholly magnified if it was happening to me.
Claude fell totally head over heels for Ricky....it was all rather strange.
He was his usual self with the others....

Yes it was rather strange, wasn't it? Especially since he called him everything under the sun just before it

I felt like I was intruding..just by watching it.