Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns job seekers that he’ll throw your resume ‘straight into the garbage’ if you have bad wifi.

We’ve all been there: In the middle of a video call, the audio freezes. Faces stop moving. After a moment, the dreaded message appears: Your connection is unstable.

For years, those glitches have been shrugged off as an inevitable reality of remote work. But according to Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, that grace period is officially over.

More than five years after the pandemic pushed millions of workers onto Zoom calls, “Mr. Wonderful” says spotty Internet is no longer an inconvenience — it’s a red flag, especially for someone looking for work.

“In a hybrid world, your internet connection tells me everything,” O’Leary said on Instagram.

“If your audio cuts out, your video freezes, or you don’t care enough to fix it … you’re telling me you’re not serious in business,” the 71-year-old added. “That resume goes straight into the trash.”

The message may sound harsh—especially from a business leader who shows up to meetings in pink pajama pants and flip-flops. But for O’Leary, the issue is more than professionalism for its own sake — it’s about efficiency.

After all, he says the most important thing is time. And, time, in his opinion, is money.

Workers will have to stop job-hopping — or never return to another role

A strong Internet connection isn’t the only bar O’Leary sets for potential hires. Before a candidate ever gets to the interview stage, he wants proof of something else: execution and loyalty.

“What I can’t stand is seeing a resume where every six months they’re employed. To me that means they haven’t implemented anything, and I’m going to trash that resume,” O’Leary said in a video he posted on social media last year. “If I see anything it’s less than two [years]That’s a red flag to me.

Instead of constantly chasing the next opportunity, O’Leary encouraged young workers to embed themselves in a role, deliver results, and prove their worth over time.

“Show me that you have a mandate and deliver it in two years or so, that’s gold,” he added. “Discipline, focus, and results are important; that’s how I decide who to hire.”

It’s not just the resume – what you say in an interview can be make-or-break

O’Leary isn’t alone in setting firm—and sometimes unforgiving—expectations for job candidates. For many top executives, the interview itself provides a clearer signal than anything written on a resume.

For Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler, it often comes down to what happens at the end of the conversation.

“The number one red flag for me is when someone doesn’t ask questions at the end of the interview,” Shipchandler previously said. fate. “It’s an important mark against them that they’re curious about what they’re interviewing for, the company, the way we work together, the chemistry, the culture, all those things.”

Denny’s CEO Kelly Valade echoes a similar view, saying that the specific question is less important than the act of asking at all. To him, it indicates preparation, genuine interest, and that the candidate has done his homework.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra, who previously headed the automaker’s human resources department, looks for something more subtle: language.

The 64-year-old said she notices how often people talk about GM using the pronoun “we” instead of “you” or “they” — an indication of whether someone sees themselves as part of the organization.

“Jump on board, own the problem, and be part of it,” she said at the Wharton People Analytics Conference in 2018. “You can almost tell in an interview when they’re interviewing that they’re already at the company — but in a respectful way where they don’t assume anything.”

This story was originally featured on Fortune.com