Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 714 · 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: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
2. 2.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) listening to all (c) going off-topic (d) disagreeing politely
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) shouting others down (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking non-stop
4. 4.🗣️ 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
5. 5.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) disagreeing politely (b) starting the discussion (c) summing up (d) inviting others in
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying on the topic (b) listening to all (c) keeping points brief (d) mocking a speaker
7. 7.True or false: “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) silent the whole time (b) shouting others down (c) mocking a speaker (d) keeping points brief
9. 9.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) with jokes about them (b) with respect (c) as enemies (d) by ignoring them
10. 10.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) summing up at the end (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) pointing fingers
11. 11.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
15. 15.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) inviting others in (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
16. 16.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) giving facts or examples (d) listening to all
17. 17.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) repeating one point (c) listening to all (d) speaking non-stop
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
19. 19.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) staying on the topic (b) silent the whole time (c) summing up at the end (d) giving facts or examples
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) staying on the topic (c) keeping points brief (d) repeating one point
22. 22.True or false: “I see it a little differently, because…” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) speaking non-stop (d) staying on the topic
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) silent the whole time (c) mocking a speaker (d) summing up at the end
25. 25.🗣️ 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
26. 26.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) shouting others down (c) keeping points brief (d) giving facts or examples
28. 28.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) silent the whole time (c) repeating one point (d) bringing in quiet ones
30. 30.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
31. 31.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) starting the discussion (b) inviting others in (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
32. 32.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) speaking clearly (c) summing up at the end (d) listening to all
34. 34.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) inviting others in (b) disagreeing politely (c) summing up (d) starting the discussion
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) pointing fingers (d) arguing personally
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) giving facts or examples (c) speaking non-stop (d) listening to all
37. 37.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
38. 38.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) shout back (b) walk out (c) give up (d) calmly finish your point
39. 39.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) agreeing and adding
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) arguing personally (c) summing up at the end (d) staying on the topic

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