Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 648 · 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) disagreeing politely (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
2. 2.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
3. 3.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) mocking a speaker (b) going off-topic (c) listening to all (d) silent the whole time
4. 4.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: summing up at the end? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) disagreeing politely (c) keeping points brief (d) listening to all
6. 6.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) as enemies (b) with respect (c) by ignoring them (d) with jokes about them
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) going off-topic (c) silent the whole time (d) disagreeing politely
8. 8.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
10. 10.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) one word (b) as long as needed (c) short and to the point (d) five minutes or more
11. 11.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
12. 12.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) shouting others down (c) summing up at the end (d) disagreeing politely
13. 13.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) speaking non-stop (c) giving facts or examples (d) mocking a speaker
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) arguing personally (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking clearly
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) speaking clearly (c) going off-topic (d) listening to all
16. 16.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
19. 19.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) listening to all (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) repeating one point
20. 20.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) listen, then add a point (b) change the topic (c) make up facts (d) stay silent fully
21. 21.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
22. 22.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
23. 23.True or false: “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
25. 25.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
27. 27.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
28. 28.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) mocking a speaker (b) listening to all (c) summing up at the end (d) speaking clearly
29. 29.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking clearly? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
30. 30.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) disagreeing politely
31. 31.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) starting the discussion (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
32. 32.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) speaking non-stop (c) disagreeing politely (d) repeating one point
34. 34.True or false: “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) summing up at the end (c) listening to all (d) keeping points brief
37. 37.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
39. 39.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) giving facts or examples (c) speaking non-stop (d) listening to all

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