Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 299 · 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 agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) summing up (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
2. 2.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
3. 3.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) summing up at the end (c) keeping points brief (d) shouting others down
4. 4.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) one word (b) five minutes or more (c) short and to the point (d) as long as needed
5. 5.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) shout back (b) give up (c) walk out (d) calmly finish your point
6. 6.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
7. 7.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) speaking clearly (c) giving facts or examples (d) disagreeing politely
8. 8.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) speaking non-stop (c) silent the whole time (d) speaking clearly
10. 10.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) staying on the topic (c) summing up at the end (d) keeping points brief
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) going off-topic (c) arguing personally (d) shouting others down
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) speaking non-stop (c) shouting others down (d) giving facts or examples
15. 15.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) stay silent fully (b) change the topic (c) listen, then add a point (d) make up facts
16. 16.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) pointing fingers (c) summing up at the end (d) shouting others down
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
19. 19.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) shouting others down (c) arguing personally (d) going off-topic
20. 20.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: giving facts or examples? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
21. 21.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
22. 22.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
23. 23.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) pointing fingers (c) shouting others down (d) speaking clearly
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) arguing personally (c) giving facts or examples (d) disagreeing politely
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) staying on the topic (c) silent the whole time (d) speaking non-stop
26. 26.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) shouting others down (c) going off-topic (d) listening to all
27. 27.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who sits nearest (b) who speaks most (c) how you work with others (d) who shouts loudest
28. 28.True or false: “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) going off-topic (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) disagreeing politely
31. 31.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking clearly? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
32. 32.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
34. 34.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
35. 35.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) going off-topic (c) silent the whole time (d) speaking non-stop
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) disagreeing politely (c) mocking a speaker (d) listening to all
37. 37.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) giving facts or examples (c) arguing personally (d) bringing in quiet ones
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) speaking non-stop (c) listening to all (d) speaking clearly
39. 39.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: repeating one point? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
40. 40.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False

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