Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 396 · 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? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) listening to all (c) giving facts or examples (d) speaking non-stop
3. 3.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: summing up at the end? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) starting the discussion (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) keeping points brief (c) staying on the topic (d) pointing fingers
6. 6.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
7. 7.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: repeating one point? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
8. 8.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: giving facts or examples? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
9. 9.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) mocking a speaker (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) shouting others down
10. 10.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
11. 11.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) walk out (b) calmly finish your point (c) shout back (d) give up
12. 12.🗣️ 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
13. 13.🗣️ Nobody starts the GD. What is a good way to begin? (a) tell a joke about it (b) leave the room (c) wait in silence (d) define the topic
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) shouting others down (d) keeping points brief
15. 15.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) speaking clearly (c) shouting others down (d) pointing fingers
17. 17.True or false: “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
24. 24.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) going off-topic (c) disagreeing politely (d) shouting others down
25. 25.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) speaking non-stop (c) going off-topic (d) summing up at the end
26. 26.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) keeping points brief (c) arguing personally (d) speaking non-stop
27. 27.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) pointing fingers (c) silent the whole time (d) staying on the topic
28. 28.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) disagreeing politely
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) staying on the topic (c) speaking clearly (d) silent the whole time
30. 30.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
31. 31.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) speaking clearly (c) staying on the topic (d) summing up at the end
32. 32.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) keeping points brief (c) listening to all (d) giving facts or examples
33. 33.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) disagreeing politely (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
34. 34.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) silent the whole time (c) giving facts or examples (d) mocking a speaker
36. 36.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
38. 38.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🗣️ 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) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
40. 40.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) repeating one point (c) staying on the topic (d) listening to all

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