Joseph Valente, who gained sequence 11 of , has completely opened as much as about how gruelling the method actually is for candidates by reflecting on his personal expertise. The businessman was 25 years previous when he gained the BBC One sequence and secured a £250,000 funding in his firm. Whereas Joseph is grateful for the chance, he admitted the 18-hour days have been " completely crippling" for some candidates.
The Apprentice is now in its seventeenth sequence, with Karren Brady and Tim Campbell working as Lord Sugar's loyal aides because the candidates compete in challenges every week.
Reflecting on the method, Joseph defined to : "You're instantly chucked into an surroundings the place you're working seven days per week and they're 18-hour days.
"You're being filmed and there's a lot of strain. You’re fully out of your consolation zone."
Joseph was expelled from faculty when he was 15 years previous so he had been working for 10 years earlier than coming into the competitors.
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He shared: "I had a enterprise on the time which I had been working for 3 years and there have been issues on [The Apprentice] which I had by no means accomplished earlier than like product creation and being filmed may be very troublesome for some individuals."
"There are tight deadlines and plenty of strain," the entrepreneur added.
"I simply noticed week after week it was completely crippling individuals - simply the shortage of sleep alone was destroying individuals.
"However I used to be working a 24-hour upkeep enterprise so I used to be used to not sleeping."
He stated one component of the method which was troublesome was having his and his workforce's errors filmed by producers.
"It was powerful particularly if you knew one thing was going improper as that's after they could be throughout you with the cameras," Joseph defined.
Nevertheless, Joseph stated he did not discover being filmed all day "too unhealthy" as he thought it was nice observe for what adopted after the present.
"These days, everyone seems to be on digicam on social media, however it's powerful when you're underneath strain."
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It's nonetheless early days for this yr's sequence of The Apprentice, however one candidate, referred to as Shannon Martin, instructed Lord Sugar she was quitting the method in week two.
When requested why Shannon resigned from the competitors, Joseph advised: "Perhaps she realised it wasn’t for her, or possibly she went for quarter-hour of fame and thought she didn’t have an opportunity in hell at successful it so, thought one of the simplest ways was to get out and get recognised.
"The issue you may have if you come out in week one or two is nobody will bear in mind who you have been.
"It is advisable go the space within the course of to get sufficient airtime and to maintain in individuals’s minds."
For this week's episode, the candidates are being despatched to Brighton for a negotiation process.
They have to safe and negotiate 9 objects synonymous with the coastal metropolis and the workforce which secures essentially the most objects on the lowest costs wins the duty.
The Apprentice continues on Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One.