Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 154 · 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? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) agreeing and adding (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion
2. 2.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) listening to all (c) shouting others down (d) speaking clearly
3. 3.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
4. 4.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) as enemies (b) by ignoring them (c) with jokes about them (d) with respect
5. 5.🗣️ 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) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) speaking clearly (d) disagreeing politely
7. 7.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) summing up at the end (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) disagreeing politely
8. 8.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) starting the discussion
9. 9.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) summing up (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
10. 10.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
11. 11.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) repeating one point (c) summing up at the end (d) keeping points brief
12. 12.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) speaking clearly (c) arguing personally (d) pointing fingers
13. 13.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) keeping points brief (c) listening to all (d) giving facts or examples
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) summing up at the end (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) speaking clearly
17. 17.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) giving facts or examples (c) keeping points brief (d) summing up at the end
18. 18.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) inviting others in (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
19. 19.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) starting the discussion
20. 20.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) summing up at the end (b) going off-topic (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) disagreeing politely
23. 23.🗣️ 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
24. 24.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) keeping points brief (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking non-stop
25. 25.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) make up facts (b) stay silent fully (c) change the topic (d) listen, then add a point
26. 26.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) staying on the topic (c) silent the whole time (d) disagreeing politely
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) going off-topic (b) repeating one point (c) arguing personally (d) summing up at the end
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) keeping points brief (c) listening to all (d) speaking non-stop
30. 30.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: giving facts or examples? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
31. 31.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
32. 32.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) repeating one point (c) shouting others down (d) keeping points brief
33. 33.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) mocking a speaker (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) giving facts or examples
34. 34.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
35. 35.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
37. 37.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) listening to all (c) giving facts or examples (d) summing up at the end
38. 38.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) giving facts or examples (c) arguing personally (d) speaking clearly
40. 40.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True

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