Don't worry! Nobody pays Vivid £100,000 for anything - if they did then he/she would have better things to do than be going on about Lucinda! Nah, it's just jealousy, mark my words

Vivid is simply a wind up merchant and isn't a very good one either.

Yes - a complete and utter arse.

I couldn't believe it when they accused her of not listening - that was absurd beyond belief, and entirely inaccurate. She was the only one of the lot who genuinely DID listen when she was project manager.

I was shouting at the screen telling Lucinda to stand up for herself. I don't think she heard me though.

Lucinda does not listen, does not absorb information, cannot analyse social situations or business problems, she is in a little fairy land of her own making just as a naive child does, and she shares numerous other character traits with a child, chiefly her self-indulgence, ignorance and inability to handle criticism, and her propensity to petty tantrums and destructive behaviour. The interviewer was remarkably perceptive to see that for all her babbling she didn't answer questions and didn't listen.

I hated that too. I'm not a great fan of Lee, but I thought that was a particularly cheap trick.

Not to mention that if he'd refused to do the impression they'd probably have said he was pompous and up himself.

And the relevance of this to a debate about The Apprentice is?

Actually, it is merely a lifeless troll who argues with absolutely everyone about everything. Ignore it.

It's stopped being a debate about 'the apprentice' and a debate personally towards Lucinda a long time ago.

Yes that was indeed PRICELESS!! And the worst of it was he was unable to think on his feet this BIG BAD business man....what a tool!

The interview stage gets worse every year.....I didn't think last years debacle could be topped ...(Anyone remember the "so what about your kids ?" line of questioning ) but this time ........We had 3 men given the brief of trying to be as rude as possible and one woman given the brief of getting to the heart of the candidates....anyone else find that a bit pathetic and frankly embarrassing.

I've mentioned this on another thread but it's relevent here too...

The interview is also the first real indication of the working environment of the company for the interviewee.....is this really how SAS wants to present the working environment of his business???? Really ??

The mind boggles.

Or SAS is looking for someone who will do anything to win ...

Yeah it was a cheap trick and it just seemed like humiliation...luckily for Lee I think it reflects far worse on the interviewer than on the interviewee.

(I would think swearing and calling other staff gobshites was equally as inappropriate as Lee's impression... but nobody batted an eye )

Oh, I batted an eye....

I was surprised none of the interviewers did, but i think that just reflects even more on their behaviour!

The interviewer did look a bit shocked when H said that, I thought.

Couldn't agree more. I was disgusted with the whole kids thing on last year's show (which surely is technically discrimination anyway).
It's like the 'we've all done it' comment about lying on your CV. Well I bloody well haven't! And yet they vilify Lucinda for not listening, as if she's work of the devil. Not to mention saying to SAS that he'd be annoyed working with her. They'd never say that about a male candidate. :sleep:

If any of the interviewers had spoken to me like that I'd have asked them if Unprofessionalism was a standard requirement in Sir Alan's business. Karen Brady was the only one who was professional and courteous.