Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 13 · 40 questions

Tip (Add, don’t dominate): Good: listening to all, bringing in quiet members, facts or examples, disagreeing politely, staying on the topic, short turns, summing up. Poor: shouting others down, speaking non-stop, staying silent the whole time, mocking, going off-topic, repeating one point, arguing personally. Useful lines: start (“May I begin?”), agree and add, disagree politely (“I respect that view, but…”), invite (“Would anyone like to add?”), sum up (“To sum up, we agree on…”).

1. 1.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) shout back (b) walk out (c) calmly finish your point (d) give up
2. 2.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) inviting others in (b) disagreeing politely (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
3. 3.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) keeping points brief (c) speaking non-stop (d) arguing personally
4. 4.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) pointing fingers (c) listening to all (d) giving facts or examples
5. 5.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) change the topic (b) listen, then add a point (c) stay silent fully (d) make up facts
6. 6.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) shouting others down (c) disagreeing politely (d) mocking a speaker
7. 7.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: summing up at the end? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
8. 8.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) staying on the topic (b) arguing personally (c) disagreeing politely (d) speaking clearly
9. 9.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) giving facts or examples (c) speaking clearly (d) speaking non-stop
11. 11.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) arguing personally (c) shouting others down (d) listening to all
13. 13.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) mocking a speaker (b) listening to all (c) silent the whole time (d) going off-topic
14. 14.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
15. 15.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
16. 16.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
17. 17.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
19. 19.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) summing up at the end (c) mocking a speaker (d) bringing in quiet ones
20. 20.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) keeping points brief (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) summing up at the end
21. 21.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) arguing personally (c) staying on the topic (d) going off-topic
22. 22.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) summing up (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
23. 23.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
24. 24.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
25. 25.True or false: “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) going off-topic (c) giving facts or examples (d) silent the whole time
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) summing up at the end (c) mocking a speaker (d) shouting others down
28. 28.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) keeping points brief (c) silent the whole time (d) summing up at the end
29. 29.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) summing up at the end (d) pointing fingers
31. 31.True or false: “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
33. 33.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
34. 34.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) disagreeing politely (c) going off-topic (d) keeping points brief
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) going off-topic (c) pointing fingers (d) repeating one point
36. 36.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) mocking a speaker (c) speaking non-stop (d) going off-topic
37. 37.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
38. 38.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) repeating one point (d) pointing fingers
39. 39.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
40. 40.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit

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