This is why fired candidates on The Apprentice always wear a big coat and scarf before taking their

It's not just rejection that these contestants have in common AFTER feeling the wrath of Lord Sugar’s boardroom, fired candidates have to take the humiliating taxi ride home from the competition.But did you notice another thing that all The Apprentice's reject contestants have in common?Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that the aspiring business-people wear huge coats and scarves when they exit the process.Even though the series appears to have been filmed in summer, the hopefuls are covered up in multiple layers.So far, we've seen Jeff, Danny and Elliot, all make their way into the cabs in similar attire.And many viewers have taken to social media in attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery.One Twitter user asked: "#apprentice Big coat and scarf on for the fired one, yet leaves on trees suggest filmed in summer?Another said: "Another week and another fired apprentice in a trench coat and scarf!!!It turns out that the OTT outerwear actually does have a purpose for the show – and it’s all for continuity.All contestants do the taxi walk of shame on the first day of filming, not knowing whether the footage will ever be used or not.Although the fired candidates’ interviews in the cab occur after they’ve left the process, their walks to the vehicle are all shot at the same time.To conceal the fact that the contestants are probably wearing different clothes than they did of day one of the competition, they’re told to wear tightly-buttoned coats when they make their exits.It’s not the only behind-the-scenes secret that has shocked fans over the years. Sugar's former sidekick Nick Hewer revealed that BBC bosses decide who’s fired in The Apprentice to ensure attractive hopefuls remain.And here are more surprising things you didn't know about the BBC One show.