Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 562 · 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.🗣️ Nobody starts the GD. What is a good way to begin? (a) define the topic (b) wait in silence (c) tell a joke about it (d) leave the room
2. 2.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) summing up at the end (d) listening to all
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) inviting others in (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) inviting others in (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) starting the discussion
5. 5.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) keeping points brief (c) speaking clearly (d) silent the whole time
6. 6.🗣️ 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) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
7. 7.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
8. 8.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) shouting others down (c) keeping points brief (d) silent the whole time
10. 10.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) repeating one point (c) giving facts or examples (d) mocking a speaker
11. 11.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who speaks most (b) who shouts loudest (c) who sits nearest (d) how you work with others
12. 12.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) shouting others down (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) repeating one point
13. 13.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) silent the whole time (c) mocking a speaker (d) repeating one point
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) summing up at the end (c) speaking non-stop (d) going off-topic
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) repeating one point (c) going off-topic (d) pointing fingers
17. 17.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: silent the whole time? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
19. 19.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
20. 20.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
21. 21.🗣️ 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) disagreeing politely
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) giving facts or examples (c) going off-topic (d) summing up at the end
23. 23.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) listen, then add a point (b) stay silent fully (c) change the topic (d) make up facts
24. 24.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) staying on the topic (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) giving facts or examples
25. 25.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
26. 26.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
27. 27.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) keeping points brief (c) going off-topic (d) mocking a speaker
30. 30.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
31. 31.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
33. 33.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion
34. 34.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
35. 35.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) going off-topic (c) speaking non-stop (d) speaking clearly
36. 36.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) give up (b) walk out (c) shout back (d) calmly finish your point
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) summing up at the end (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) keeping points brief
39. 39.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit

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