Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 490 · 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.🗣️ 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
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) repeating one point (c) giving facts or examples (d) pointing fingers
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) going off-topic (b) repeating one point (c) speaking clearly (d) speaking non-stop
4. 4.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
6. 6.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
7. 7.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
8. 8.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) speaking non-stop (c) going off-topic (d) keeping points brief
10. 10.🗣️ 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
11. 11.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
12. 12.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
13. 13.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) speaking non-stop (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) pointing fingers
14. 14.🗣️ 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) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
15. 15.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) speaking clearly (c) repeating one point (d) bringing in quiet ones
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) going off-topic (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) summing up at the end (d) giving facts or examples
17. 17.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) summing up at the end (c) listening to all (d) mocking a speaker
18. 18.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
20. 20.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) shouting others down (c) silent the whole time (d) mocking a speaker
21. 21.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🗣️ Nobody starts the GD. What is a good way to begin? (a) wait in silence (b) define the topic (c) tell a joke about it (d) leave the room
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) giving facts or examples (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking non-stop
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) shouting others down (c) mocking a speaker (d) pointing fingers
25. 25.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) giving facts or examples (c) silent the whole time (d) going off-topic
26. 26.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) silent the whole time (c) giving facts or examples (d) keeping points brief
28. 28.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) listening to all (c) going off-topic (d) giving facts or examples
29. 29.True or false: “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) repeating one point (c) going off-topic (d) disagreeing politely
31. 31.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) inviting others in (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
32. 32.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) starting the discussion (d) summing up
33. 33.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) inviting others in
34. 34.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) speaking non-stop (c) listening to all (d) disagreeing politely
35. 35.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) agreeing and adding (b) disagreeing politely (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion
36. 36.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) listening to all (d) summing up at the end
37. 37.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
38. 38.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (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) pointing fingers (c) speaking clearly (d) staying on the topic

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