I have been sent an invite for an interview for the next series of The Apprentice, in Manchester the week after next.

I have no chance of getting on as I am not a liar, I have some common sense, and, I know what Kosher means.

Wish me look, can't wait to see the boss when I tell him I need the morning off for an interview

Smile on your face, that's what I'm talking about.

Good luck.

You cant spell though can you i think you ment luck rather than look I hope you do well

lol, well neither could this years lot, didn't they phone up the british library cos they couldn't figure out where to put an apostrophe!

now that i think about it, did the winners CV has spelling errors in it, which was picked up during the 'interviews' episode?

Good luck and if you feel yourself losing them, just make something up about having stuff in common with Sir Alan and being the best sales person in your home town.

Good luck!! Wish I could be a fly on the wall in your boss's office!

Just make sure you don't say it's for TA - you'd be right out of the door! If you get in I know for a fact that it's top secret until the programme starts - and Britain's creme de la creme (allegedly) pit their business acumen (alleged) against each other.

I think you meant, meant.

I've been invited to interview in London. Not going to go though - I only applied for a laugh after too many glasses of wine to see if I'd get one!

Out of interest though, does anybody know how many people get through to the first interview stage?

I applied for a laugh as well, think I'll go to the first stage in Manchester.

Can't really spend 8 weeks in London, with only one phone call home per week. I have a small child... still would be nice to think of earning £100k per year.

Sorry about the spelling, that's what Bill Gates invented Spellcheck for...

Good luck!!! When you're sat in the 'room' thingy being told whether you're in or out, please say 'DS' randomly so we can see who you are When you're on the show.

my husband is also going for an interview in london next week. i kind of hope he doesnt get through and i am pretty sure he wont. he has it all on paper but he is a quiet gentle personality so wouldnt be exciting tv.

i am sure when they interview him they will not think he has the personality for the show.

it will be interesting to see an insight into it though.

Neither can you.

How about people secretly blog about the exact selection process??

Take pics and vids as well!

I've been invited too!

you know what kosher is, that is good enough, that idiot got in with no talent and no idea of what kosher is

I will take pictures if possible and write a report when I get back. They have sent me a form to fill in, all the "tell us something interesting about yourself" type stuff, I also have to take and up-to-date CV, a recent passport picture, some ID, and, an image release form so they can yse my image.

When you arrive you get split into groups and you very briefly have to describe why you want to be in The Apprentice - some people will then be sent home, the ones that are left will get a longer interview, if you are sucessful you have to go to London at the end of July for another interview, if you are sucesful you move into the house in September for 8 weeks (with only one phone call home per week).

Have to think of something really brief to say, to at least get through the first round..

"I went to college for a period."


"Because I am desperate for the chance to pull a sickie on my first day at work."

I did consider applying for next year's show, despite having no business acumen or experience whatsoever. The entry form put me off a bit.

Despite this, I have had at least three dreams where I've been a candidate. In one it rained all the way through the first week and no one could be bothered to go out to do Sir Alan's appointed task. I spent most of my time making tea for everyone.

Very best of luck - hopefully you'll have a chance to sink a few celebratory pints in The Crown if you get through.

Lucinda alone would have braved the rain, her beret would have kept her hair dry.

This dream was a Freudian summing up that living colour has gone out of The Apprentice, with only grey rain falling in monotonous repetition.

Just got back from the interview...can't say too much at the moment, but it went REALLY well. If I don't get a callback to London next week, I'll post the full tale on Friday Night (within the confines of the confidentiality agreement of course)

take some kosher food and ensure that you tell the interviewer that you know what it is and what the background to it is

and if they say no to you complain to them because they accepted someone last year who had no idea what it was

I was there on Tuesday too. Have you heard back yet?

Nope - they would have been back in touch on Friday if i'd got through. Bit disappointed, but, at least my murky past won't appear in the Tabloids.

Did you own up you were inside for only 4 months not 2 years?