Man who was offered interview for The Apprentice reveals 'insane' way he filled out application form

A man intentionally created an ‘insane’ application for The Apprentice, and talked his viewers through how it went for him.

Tom Ratcliffe is a UK comedian who decided to take things to the next level when he filled out an application form for one of the most business-savvy TV shows in the UK.

Tom explained in his video posted on Instagram: “Six years ago this week I got formally asked to interview for The Apprentice series 15, after I filled out the application form in the most insane way imaginable.

“If you’re ever wondering why the people on The Apprentice are quite, so bad, and stupid, I proved that they deliberately target mad people.”

So, how did he do it?

He went on to say that for the ‘name’ section, he wrote that he was called ‘Colin Goosewary’ and that he didn’t ‘know why’ he chose such a name but you’ve got to admit that it’s got a ring to hit.

Then, he tacked the employment question, for which he claimed to be a ‘self-employed entrepreneur’.

He then had to ‘state all qualifications, giving all details of establishments attended’ and he answered: “I gave myself nineteen GCSEs, including an A* in Social Media Studies.”

He also put the school down as ‘Thornhill Community Academy’, which is ‘the school from Educating Yorkshire’ TV show about children who are struggling with their learning in working class areas.

Then, Tom gave himself ‘a degree in Genetic Engineering from the University of Toronto’ to spice things up.

But his tomfoolery didn’t stop there (did you see what I did there?)

He went on to share that his salary amounted to: “Between you and me, it’s well over £100,000, but if Revenue & Customs are involved, it’s far less than that.”

While he answered ‘no’ to having previously worked for the BBC before, he did come up with an elaborate story about having worked outside of the UK.

To this, he told the application: “I went to Prague for a weekend, on a poorly organised stag do last month. The stag visited sixteen brothels, which the tour guide said was a new record.”

Now, when applying to the show, they go on to ask ‘Why should you be Lord Sugar’s business partner?’ and while anyone who is truly applying to further their business and to come up with innovating products might answer this one with something like, ‘To set a new standard for the industry’, Tom instead said: “I’m a big business b*****d like Sir Alan, and don’t take no for an answer.”

He continued: “I guarantee I will make more money than any business partner he’s ever had. My ideas are unique - I can give Sir Alan some sort of legacy he can actually be proud of.”

Oof, he’s going up against the Sugar, and that type of confrontation would not be too pretty.

Then, he was asked what makes him ‘different’ from other applicants, to which he called himself a ‘big business dog’ and he will ‘bite the face off the opposition to get ahead’ and will give ‘110%, 8 days a week,’ even though he admitted that he doesn’t ‘do weekends’.

His other answers were equally as bizarre, particularly when he said that he found out about the application process via a ‘man at a bus stop’, but it’s clear that he’s committed to providing the most out there application form to date.

Sadly, while his application progressed to the next round and he was asked to attend an interview with a form of ID, otherwise he wouldn’t ‘be let into the building’, Tom was unable to attend due to the fact that he couldn’t get a fake passport quick enough via the dark web.

So, his adventure ended there.

I really wish I’d have seen Colin Goosewary in front of Sugar, but it wasn’t to be.

LADbible Group has reached out to the BBC for comment.