There can be few people unfamiliar with The Apprentice, a TV franchise seen in many countries around the world where a selection of candidates compete in a series of business tasks in the hope of being hired by a local tycoon. Donald Trump famously progressed from the tycoon’s role of shouting “You’re fired” at unlucky participants to shouting at an entire country as president of the US.
The combination of reality TV and game show struck a chord with research agency Northstar when its client Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was looking to conduct some target customer research in a new...