[jaankii.]

(Original post by petermiddlehurst)
I'm having an audition Friday 6th April. I have paid nearly £300 in all hotel costs/ train/ suit. Wearing business suit going down on Thursday to Birmingham. Filled most of the application form out.

What time is your interview?! I have one on 6th April at Radisson Blu too! Might bump into you if your interviews at 10.15

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
Hi guys, just wondering, people keep saying that the first stage is a group stage, does this mean that u say the reasons why ur a suitable candidate in front of the other candidates?

Thanks for any help

Yeah, (: You say it in front of other candidates, but there's honestly nothing to be worried about
Good luck!

[A level Az]

(Original post by Refrigerator)
not strictly true, the first winner (arjun) had a place at oxford and intended to go there, but he didn't meet his offer. He still studied engineering somewhere else though

That's true, though I think there was more emphasis on bringing some kind of business idea this time round, whereas in the first series of junior apprentice there wasn't.

[jaankii.]

Birmingham - 6th April - 10.15am

^ anyone got their interview then?!
How did all you other people get on? Hope it all went well!

[Reds456]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
Yeah, (: You say it in front of other candidates, but there's honestly nothing to be worried about
Good luck!

Oh ok thx Zigggyy! just dont want to sound really cocky, and comeover as a bit of a d***

[Reds456]

are u guys confident about talking if front of other candidates?

[Refrigerator]

(Original post by Reds456)
are u guys confident about talking if front of other candidates?

when I found out it was in front of everyone I **** myself but you just have to man up and not hold back when the time comes

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
Oh ok thx Zigggyy! just dont want to sound really cocky, and comeover as a bit of a d***

hehe, no worries! I was SO shy and worried, im not a very confident person hehe, but when you're there you realise how much you'd love to do it, and what an experience it would be, so just go for it (': Oh and a tip, speak about you as an indivdual, your best qualities, things that Lord Sugar would like about you, what makes you easy to work with, rather than a HUGE history about whatever buisness ideas you're involved in. Save that for the 1 on 1.

Good luck everyone that still has interviews to go!

[-strawberry-]

My friend did this last year and at his audition he met Zara, Hayley and Harry H I asked him for Harry H's phone number ...

[TaraBelle]

(Original post by A level Az)
Why would you apply if you're going to university? People who want to go to university don't win the apprentice, take that guy who made the final last time for example. He mentioned he wanted to study economics for the next 3 years and Alan Sugar immediately lost interest in him. Of course it's different if you're on the adult apprentice and you've already been to university, as then you're in a good position to set up a business, but the junior apprentice really isn't for people who want to go to university.

like the other person that said, that isn't true. And my plan was, because I want to study medicine, it's a long course and I want to run a business (to do with stationery) while I'm studying so that as soon as I graduate I have enough money saved up to set up my own practice rather than having to wait ages. I never went to my audition though, so that's not gonna happen...

[Reds456]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
hehe, no worries! I was SO shy and worried, im not a very confident person hehe, but when you're there you realise how much you'd love to do it, and what an experience it would be, so just go for it (': Oh and a tip, speak about you as an indivdual, your best qualities, things that Lord Sugar would like about you, what makes you easy to work with, rather than a HUGE history about whatever buisness ideas you're involved in. Save that for the 1 on 1.

Good luck everyone that still has interviews to go!

do u think its worth me saying that im front a very 'businessy' background - family business etc.?

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
do u think its worth me saying that im front a very 'businessy' background - family business etc.?

You can mention it, yeah (': but don't waffle on about what your parents have done etc, sort of touch on it, and explain what qualities it's given you, if that makes sense?

[Reds456]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
You can mention it, yeah (': but don't waffle on about what your parents have done etc, sort of touch on it, and explain what qualities it's given you, if that makes sense?

ok, ye makes sense, cheers! have u had an interview then?

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
ok, ye makes sense, cheers! have u had an interview then?

ahaha, ah yes, of course! (': Hence the tips ;D I had it on the 31st so the first batch ;D When's yours?

[Reds456]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
ahaha, ah yes, of course! (': Hence the tips ;D I had it on the 31st so the first batch ;D When's yours?

aha ye! friday! nervous, but confident - not that that makes any sense! did get all the way through the interviews then?

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
aha ye! friday! nervous, but confident - not that that makes any sense! did get all the way through the interviews then?

Awww, you'll be fine (': I know what you mean :') Don't let your nerves get the better of you! ahaha, ah it was so bad, we were all in the que outside the bbc studios and I needed the loo desperatly, gah! So go before your journey ;D Where abouts have you got your interview? London?

[ThomasJRB]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
ahaha, ah yes, of course! (': Hence the tips ;D I had it on the 31st so the first batch ;D When's yours?

How far did you get? I may have seen you... were you in that glass conference room like thingie for hours on end?

[Reds456]

(Original post by Zigggyy.)
Awww, you'll be fine (': I know what you mean :') Don't let your nerves get the better of you! ahaha, ah it was so bad, we were all in the que outside the bbc studios and I needed the loo desperatly, gah! So go before your journey ;D Where abouts have you got your interview? London?

thx lol! good advice! Birmingham did u get far then?

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by ThomasJRB)
How far did you get? I may have seen you... were you in that glass conference room like thingie for hours on end?

ahaha, ah yes yes! Before the 2 on 1 right? Ah, but I was the 1st person to get there, and the 2nd to have the actual interview. I was sniffing alot as I was ill I had a brown bag. But you may have seen a tall girl with braces who sat next to an african boy and then an asian boy and near the door was an english boy and he was sat next to an african boy Remember any of them?

[Zigggyy.]

(Original post by Reds456)
thx lol! good advice! Birmingham did u get far then?

No worries! (': ah, best of luck. Yeah, I did (': But I won't say it due to whole confidentiality agreement stuff, but yes I did (': Shall see what the 20th has to hold!