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Can reality TV-style hiring improve diversity?

TP Icap's recruitment day with The Apprentice winner Lee McQueen could open doors into the industry for less privileged candidates

Lee McQueen, the winner of series four of The Apprentice pictured with his then boss, Lord Alan Sugar
Lee McQueen, the winner of series four of The Apprentice pictured with his then boss, Lord Alan Sugar Photo: Ian West/PA Archive/PA Images

Jack has just been handed a broken luggage scale. He has about 10 seconds to sell it to the four assessors facing him, The Apprentice-style, in this stuffy room in Moorgate.

The test is part of an audition day to get a job as a trainee broker at TP Icap. The candidates have been whittled down from over 1,100 that applied online.

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