Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 143 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) summing up at the end (b) shouting others down (c) arguing personally (d) pointing fingers
2. 2.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) disagreeing politely
4. 4.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
6. 6.🗣️ 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) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) summing up at the end (c) disagreeing politely (d) pointing fingers
8. 8.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
9. 9.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who sits nearest (b) who shouts loudest (c) how you work with others (d) who speaks most
10. 10.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
12. 12.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
13. 13.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) silent the whole time (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) speaking clearly
14. 14.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
15. 15.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) speaking clearly (c) going off-topic (d) repeating one point
16. 16.🗣️ Nobody starts the GD. What is a good way to begin? (a) wait in silence (b) tell a joke about it (c) define the topic (d) leave the room
17. 17.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) inviting others in (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) going off-topic (d) speaking clearly
19. 19.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
20. 20.True or false: “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) going off-topic (c) keeping points brief (d) repeating one point
22. 22.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) pointing fingers (c) keeping points brief (d) disagreeing politely
23. 23.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) staying on the topic (c) speaking clearly (d) listening to all
25. 25.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
26. 26.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
28. 28.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
29. 29.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) calmly finish your point (b) shout back (c) walk out (d) give up
30. 30.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) by ignoring them (b) as enemies (c) with jokes about them (d) with respect
31. 31.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) change the topic (b) make up facts (c) listen, then add a point (d) stay silent fully
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) going off-topic (c) speaking non-stop (d) arguing personally
33. 33.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) silent the whole time (d) keeping points brief
36. 36.True or false: “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) summing up (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
38. 38.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) arguing personally (c) mocking a speaker (d) staying on the topic
39. 39.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit

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