Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 419 · 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.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) with respect (b) with jokes about them (c) as enemies (d) by ignoring them
2. 2.🗣️ 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
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
5. 5.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) shouting others down (d) keeping points brief
7. 7.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) keeping points brief (c) mocking a speaker (d) listening to all
8. 8.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) shouting others down (c) going off-topic (d) arguing personally
11. 11.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
12. 12.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking clearly? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
13. 13.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
14. 14.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) staying on the topic (c) disagreeing politely (d) pointing fingers
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) keeping points brief (c) speaking clearly (d) arguing personally
16. 16.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) speaking non-stop (c) shouting others down (d) pointing fingers
17. 17.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) arguing personally (c) giving facts or examples (d) bringing in quiet ones
18. 18.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
19. 19.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) listening to all (c) repeating one point (d) arguing personally
21. 21.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) listening to all (c) giving facts or examples (d) silent the whole time
25. 25.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🗣️ 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) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
27. 27.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) walk out (b) shout back (c) give up (d) calmly finish your point
28. 28.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) mocking a speaker (c) summing up at the end (d) speaking non-stop
29. 29.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
30. 30.True or false: “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) mocking a speaker (c) disagreeing politely (d) speaking clearly
34. 34.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) five minutes or more (b) short and to the point (c) one word (d) as long as needed
35. 35.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
36. 36.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) listening to all (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) speaking clearly
37. 37.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) shouting others down (c) giving facts or examples (d) disagreeing politely
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) pointing fingers (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) staying on the topic
40. 40.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) pointing fingers (c) giving facts or examples (d) speaking non-stop

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