Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 233 · 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.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
2. 2.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) silent the whole time (c) arguing personally (d) listening to all
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
5. 5.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
6. 6.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
8. 8.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) repeating one point (c) mocking a speaker (d) pointing fingers
10. 10.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) going off-topic (c) repeating one point (d) bringing in quiet ones
11. 11.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) make up facts (b) listen, then add a point (c) change the topic (d) stay silent fully
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) giving facts or examples (c) speaking non-stop (d) arguing personally
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) listening to all (c) speaking non-stop (d) disagreeing politely
14. 14.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) repeating one point (c) giving facts or examples (d) speaking non-stop
15. 15.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
16. 16.True or false: “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) pointing fingers (c) staying on the topic (d) going off-topic
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) giving facts or examples (c) disagreeing politely (d) mocking a speaker
19. 19.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) listening to all (d) arguing personally
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) pointing fingers (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) giving facts or examples
21. 21.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) speaking non-stop (c) staying on the topic (d) repeating one point
22. 22.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
23. 23.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: repeating one point? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
25. 25.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) shouting others down (d) speaking clearly
27. 27.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) starting the discussion (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
28. 28.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) as long as needed (b) one word (c) five minutes or more (d) short and to the point
29. 29.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) silent the whole time (c) summing up at the end (d) shouting others down
31. 31.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) shouting others down (c) silent the whole time (d) arguing personally
34. 34.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
35. 35.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) pointing fingers (c) arguing personally (d) going off-topic
37. 37.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) arguing personally (c) silent the whole time (d) speaking clearly
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) listening to all (c) speaking non-stop (d) mocking a speaker
39. 39.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False

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