Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 130 · 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.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) listening to all (c) arguing personally (d) speaking non-stop
3. 3.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) summing up at the end (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) pointing fingers
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) starting the discussion (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
5. 5.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) shouting others down (c) silent the whole time (d) arguing personally
6. 6.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) summing up (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
7. 7.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) staying on the topic (b) listening to all (c) shouting others down (d) summing up at the end
8. 8.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) walk out (b) shout back (c) give up (d) calmly finish your point
9. 9.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) listening to all (c) shouting others down (d) repeating one point
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) speaking non-stop (c) speaking clearly (d) summing up at the end
11. 11.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) summing up (d) inviting others in
12. 12.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) starting the discussion (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
13. 13.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) speaking clearly (c) silent the whole time (d) bringing in quiet ones
15. 15.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) summing up at the end (c) listening to all (d) staying on the topic
17. 17.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) going off-topic (c) keeping points brief (d) listening to all
18. 18.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) one word (b) short and to the point (c) five minutes or more (d) as long as needed
19. 19.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
20. 20.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
21. 21.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) keeping points brief (c) summing up at the end (d) listening to all
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) going off-topic (b) arguing personally (c) speaking clearly (d) pointing fingers
24. 24.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) mocking a speaker (c) silent the whole time (d) shouting others down
26. 26.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
27. 27.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) repeating one point (d) keeping points brief
28. 28.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: summing up at the end? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
29. 29.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
30. 30.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) disagreeing politely (c) giving facts or examples (d) summing up at the end
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) speaking clearly (c) shouting others down (d) bringing in quiet ones
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) repeating one point (c) silent the whole time (d) bringing in quiet ones
33. 33.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: silent the whole time? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
34. 34.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) disagreeing politely
35. 35.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
36. 36.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
37. 37.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
38. 38.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who shouts loudest (b) who sits nearest (c) how you work with others (d) who speaks most
39. 39.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
40. 40.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit

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