Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 42 · 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: pointing fingers? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
2. 2.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) disagreeing politely (c) giving facts or examples (d) staying on the topic
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
4. 4.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) summing up at the end (c) pointing fingers (d) disagreeing politely
5. 5.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
6. 6.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
7. 7.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) as enemies (b) with jokes about them (c) with respect (d) by ignoring them
8. 8.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) going off-topic (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) giving facts or examples
10. 10.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) giving facts or examples (c) going off-topic (d) repeating one point
12. 12.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who shouts loudest (b) how you work with others (c) who sits nearest (d) who speaks most
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) disagreeing politely (c) silent the whole time (d) bringing in quiet ones
14. 14.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) staying on the topic (c) giving facts or examples (d) silent the whole time
15. 15.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) summing up at the end (c) giving facts or examples (d) staying on the topic
17. 17.🗣️ 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) inviting others in (d) agreeing and adding
18. 18.🗣️ 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) disagreeing politely (c) inviting others in (d) summing up
19. 19.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) shouting others down (c) pointing fingers (d) staying on the topic
21. 21.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
22. 22.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
23. 23.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) speaking clearly (c) shouting others down (d) staying on the topic
24. 24.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
25. 25.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
26. 26.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
27. 27.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) speaking clearly (c) mocking a speaker (d) listening to all
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) speaking non-stop (c) shouting others down (d) repeating one point
30. 30.🗣️ 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
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) disagreeing politely (d) giving facts or examples
32. 32.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) speaking non-stop (c) summing up at the end (d) mocking a speaker
34. 34.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) going off-topic (c) mocking a speaker (d) speaking clearly
35. 35.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🗣️ 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
37. 37.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
38. 38.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) giving facts or examples (c) listening to all (d) bringing in quiet ones
40. 40.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False

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