Recently I listened to two interviews back-to-back. They were episodes from different podcasts, and each highlighted a different author. They had one thing in common. The guest began every answer with "yeah" on one and "so" on the other. Every answer. It was not quite as bad a sprinkling "um" throughout sentences, but it was still noticeable.
I believe this can sometimes happen when we are not sure how are answer will transition from the question. But answering a prompt like "Tell us about your favorite marketing techniques" with "Yeah" is unnecessary. A better transition could be "That's a great question," or "I'm glad you asked". Since you are responding to a question or prompt the listener already sees the connection, you usually could just launch into your answer.
Being direct and decisive with your presentation will make you sound more confident, so try to abandon the use of repeated filler words no matter which they are.
Dean Paczewitz
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