It’s the Hotheads vs. the Scatterbrains

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Instead, the trio had to endure a series of four interviews. Domino’s CEO David A. Brandon, QVC President Darlene Daggett, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate chairman Howard M. Lorber, and Burger King chairman Greg Brenneman put Craig, Kendra and Tana through the paces.

Going through a job interview with any one of the above would be nerve-wracking; dealing with all four in rapid succession had to be even worse. And yet, it didn’t make for a riveting premise for TV. Even with the hundreds of cable and satellite TV programs out there, there’s still no such thing as the Job Interview Channel for the simple reason that they’re almost always extremely dull.

This was no exception, and after just a few minutes of watching all three contenders sweat and stumble through their paces, the scene shifted straight to the boardroom. Kendra was dinged for being too scripted, while some questioned whether Tana had what it took to make it in New York. But all four thought Craig’s answers lacked substance, and none suggested Trump hire him.

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That left Trump with little choice; even a guy with his ego knows that you can’t ask four prominent business leaders their opinions only to summarily declare them of no worth. It probably helped that this would also leave him with one book smarts and one street smarts person, keeping the theme alive.

So after all these weeks of patronizing comments – and probably the best project idea of the season in his Home Depot toy box clinic – Craig was quickly fired for not being a good interview.

He made up for it with the best exit quote yet. “It was a great journey. I’ve grown a lot. My wife and children will have a lot of people to thank for the work that has been done on Craig.”

In hindsight, he might have gotten off easy.

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