Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 466 · 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? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
2. 2.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) arguing personally (c) giving facts or examples (d) shouting others down
4. 4.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) speaking clearly (c) speaking non-stop (d) pointing fingers
6. 6.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) summing up at the end (c) giving facts or examples (d) keeping points brief
8. 8.🗣️ 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
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) giving facts or examples (c) silent the whole time (d) mocking a speaker
10. 10.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
11. 11.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
12. 12.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) agreeing and adding
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) summing up at the end (c) speaking clearly (d) going off-topic
14. 14.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) stay silent fully (b) listen, then add a point (c) change the topic (d) make up facts
15. 15.🗣️ 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
16. 16.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) as enemies (b) with jokes about them (c) by ignoring them (d) with respect
17. 17.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) mocking a speaker (c) speaking clearly (d) arguing personally
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
19. 19.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) speaking non-stop (c) listening to all (d) pointing fingers
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) shouting others down (c) disagreeing politely (d) bringing in quiet ones
22. 22.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
23. 23.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) summing up (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) agreeing and adding
24. 24.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) summing up at the end (d) keeping points brief
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) going off-topic (b) shouting others down (c) disagreeing politely (d) pointing fingers
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) going off-topic (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking non-stop
27. 27.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) mocking a speaker (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) repeating one point
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) listening to all (c) speaking non-stop (d) bringing in quiet ones
29. 29.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) summing up (d) disagreeing politely
30. 30.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) starting the discussion (b) disagreeing politely (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
31. 31.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) giving facts or examples (c) summing up at the end (d) silent the whole time
32. 32.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
33. 33.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) pointing fingers (c) arguing personally (d) repeating one point
35. 35.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) mocking a speaker (b) shouting others down (c) silent the whole time (d) listening to all
36. 36.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) mocking a speaker (c) repeating one point (d) summing up at the end
37. 37.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
38. 38.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
39. 39.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) summing up (b) agreeing and adding (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) mocking a speaker (c) shouting others down (d) summing up at the end

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