Claude Littner looking for ‘experience and expertise’ ahead of Apprentice return

OHMYGOSSIP — Claude Littner is is to return to ‘The Apprentice’.
The 72-year-old businessman is to make his comeback on the BBC show in time for this year’s interview rounds with the contestants, after he was forced to pull out of being Lord Sugar’s aide this year after he was involved in an electric bike crash.
Speaking about what he is looking for from the contestants, he said: “A good start is when you’ve got someone sitting in front of you who has done well in the process and has a business plan that is well considered, researched and demonstrates expertise and experience in their sector.
“They present what they believe to be these wonderful business plans with no holes or faults, but you’ve got to challenge that and get down to the nitty-gritty.”
The multimillionaire executive has appeared as an interviewer on the show since it began in 2005, and he replaced Nick Hewer as Lord Sugar’s aide in 2015.
He told Radio Times magazine: “The interviewers only get sight of the business plans four or five days prior to the interviews, and I go through them in depth to really understand it; Do the numbers add up? Is the proposition viable? I’ll research the respective industry so that when I get to the interview stage, I know the business plan at least as well as they claim to know it.”
However, Claude went on to admit that a lot of a contestant’s credibility is made up of how they come across as a person and how they handle the “pressure” of being at the centre of an intense task.
He added: “But it’s not just about the numbers, a huge part is about them as individuals and if they’ll be able to take the pressure of growing their company under Alan’s scrutiny.
“I’m looking for someone who is articulate, genuinely committed and believes in the plan themselves; have they got the aptitude and it’s not just words and numbers on a piece of paper.”

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