Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Apprentice 4 Auditions - T minus 2 days

This question comes from my Apprentice Research. I was looking into what exactly is asked at the auditions for The Apprentice. Though it is hard to find any information about this, I found most information says they sit you around a table and have a group interview/discussion. The Producers/casting agents have everyone introduce themselves and say:

Name
Age
Current means of income/ Current Job
Where are you from
Fun Fact about yourself

Thus where I got the last blog wondering what is the funnest fact about myself :)

Next, I found they asked the group a question and had them deliberate/debate the subject. The first season of apprentice one question was: Discuss Business Ethics. This season I heard in one city, they said: Discuss Whether or Not Prostitution Should Be Legalized.

I am thinking about these topics. Are they simply finding different ways to ask the same question? Are they not asking the difference between Morals and Ethics in both questions? Business Ethics are simply separating the Moral world from the Business world and what is acceptable on both fronts. Prostitution and the legalization is about the same thing. Whether or not the government should be able to decide a moral issue. ( I will go into my pondering in a Moral vs Ethics specific blog soon)

thinking about this, what other questions could they possibly ask? Should Marijuana be legalized? Should Gay marriage be legalized? Should Euthanasia be legalized? I could see all of these topics discussed and all coming back to the topic of Morals versus Ethics and Business and Governments role in both.

If this is an interview I guess I am sure doing my research. I was thinking about neat things the Producers could to for an interview. I think I would get a tub of Drinking straws and throw them in the middle of the table. I would say work together and build something. You have 10 min. Then I would want to observe and see how the group worked together. Who stepped up to lead, who delegated, who was a follower, who had the creative mind, who could play well with others. It is amazing how the simplest task can cause so much drama and how a little think like build something with straws could turn into either a train wreck or the next Eiffel tower. 10 minutes. In a typical job interview that is how long you have to wow the person before they are trying to get you out of your office. What can you do in 10 min to change your life for the better? To show someone else all about you? That is like saying I can pile my whole life and thoughts and job skills into a blog or onto a resume. A piece of paper can never tell you how I work with others or how creative I am.

WOW TANGENT! I do not know how that started. I think I should work on staying on topic and answering the questions rather than asking them.

Blog to come: Morals vs ethics

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