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Ann Resuma

CEO Warns: 'Smooth Talkers' Are Red Flags In Job Interviews—Here's Why

An insurance company installed an office “laugh detector” to try to get employees to laugh more at work, and if they fail to meet their laugh “quota,” they are sent a funny video. This is a representational image. (Credit: Austin Distel/Unsplash)

The next time that you will be interviewed for that dream job, better reign in your conversational skills and avoid becoming a "smooth talker" as one CEO considers this as a red flag and you might end up farther from your coveted job from where you started.

Omar Asali, CEO of Ranpak, an eco-focused packaging company, shared his thoughts on why he would steer clear of those job applicants who are very good at promoting themselves, always delivering the "right words" in response to a question.

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