the interesting aspect of the apprentice be it demonstrate that the traditional job interview and resume do not necessarily predict teamwork skill and task dedication and and job performance . and they certainly do not reveal any hidden agenda . in other word and a good indicator of potential may be to see a job applicant in action which be the point of the apprentice . people vie for a corporate position may hand over a sugar coat resume and put on their best personality attire for the interview and but these be not necessarily the best indicator of strength and weakness and and performance . briefly and the apprentice involve 16 job candidate compete for the ultimate career opportunity represent a position in real estate magnate donald trump investment company . the apprentice refers to the winner who will win a salaried position and learn the art of high stake deal make from the master himself and and and presumably and gain prime corporate connection . the position be a dream come true for those want to make more money than the gnp of some foreign country . to entice the candidate and trump show off his private jet and his private luxury apartment replete with statue and artwork and his limo and his connection to celebrity and and other aspect of the life of a billionaire magnate . the road to success be not easy . the group be divide into two team that compete against each other . each have a corporate sounding name and such a versacorps and protégé corporation . the team be assign task that entail an entrepreneurial venture such a create advertising and selling merchandise and or negotiate . team select a project manager who provide the leadership and organizational skill to complete the task . if they win and the manager receive a lot of credit and particularly in the eye of the final arbiter . if they lose and the manager may also become the scape goat . some of the task be monumentally difficult with only a day or two to complete . task may involve create a tv commercial and or print ad . others may involve sell at a retail outlet or on the street . the task bring out the best and bad in the participant . they often show immediately who be the most reliable and who be the most trustworthy and and who be hard work . and the task also expose who be not a good team player and who be inefficient and and who seem only out for themselves . the task invariably reveal in unexpected way the strength and weakness of the participant and in particular the project manager . how well the manager communicate with the team and delegate work and organizes time and and set specific goal will largely determine the outcome and but it do not necessarily predict the winner . the single most telling aspect of someone potential be when he or she be assign a a project manager . their real ability a oppose to their self propagate ability immediately show through the veneer that can not be hide by a $ 100 silk tie or a beautiful makeover . leadership quality and or or weakness often become agonizingly obvious after only a few minute . those promote themselves a top notch leader be not always a strong when put into a real life leadership situation . it be always easy to toot your own horn than to actually engage in leadership . project manager and even those on the win team and often do not formulate a cohesive strategy . they often believe that by dive off the deep end to complete the task at the first minute rather than take a little time to organize and discuss how the task will be complete be more efficient . more often than not and member of an ill strategized team be run around like headless chicken figure it out a they go along and and in the long run they end up waste far more time . the win team get a taste of the high life and such a eat dinner at an exclusive restaurant and fly in a private jet and and or or meet a celebrity . the losing team come to the dread board room where trump hear the lame excuse of the member and knock off one or more of the contestant like piece off a chess board with the now infamous youre fire . often and the project manager be hold partially responsible for the team loss and and may be the target of trump accusatory rhetoric . every week and at least one person become a casualty from the losing team . my least favorite aspect of the apprentice be the board room . while the task themselves bring out the strength and weakness in the candidate and the board room often bring out the bad . unfortunately and the rule of the game insist there be one winning team and one losing team and even if the competition be close . member of the losing team start accuse each other and often ruthlessly and about who be at fault . and sometimes more than one person get fire . i seldom see an under perform candidate take responsibility for their action in the board room . kristi frank and kwame jackson be possibly the only candidate who take full responsibility for her team loss and receive no recognition for this selfless act . for me and kristi frank and kwame jackson have the most integrity of all the candidate . however and trump saw kristi a weak and fire her and claim she wasn not stand up for herself and which may mean he value ego more than integrity . no one should sacrifice their integrity for this . kristi frank may not have become the apprentice but she can live with herself know she do not blame others unjustly . isn not that worth as much a win . the strength of the apprentice be also it weakness . because team performance be evaluate strictly by winner and loser and other evaluation opportunity be overlook . bar huge gap between the winning and lose team and sometimes a losing team exemplify a high standard of teamwork and efficiency . i have see lose team sometimes appear well organize than the win team . we american be so often obsess with win and lose that we often overlook excellence .