Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 753 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) repeating one point (c) disagreeing politely (d) bringing in quiet ones
2. 2.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) starting the discussion (d) agreeing and adding
3. 3.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) listening to all (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) keeping points brief
4. 4.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) speaking non-stop (d) staying on the topic
6. 6.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) summing up at the end (c) mocking a speaker (d) disagreeing politely
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) pointing fingers (c) listening to all (d) disagreeing politely
8. 8.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who speaks most (b) who shouts loudest (c) how you work with others (d) who sits nearest
9. 9.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking clearly? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
10. 10.True or false: “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) mocking a speaker (c) going off-topic (d) silent the whole time
12. 12.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I respect that view, but the numbers suggest otherwise.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up
13. 13.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) inviting others in (c) summing up (d) starting the discussion
14. 14.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
15. 15.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) pointing fingers (c) mocking a speaker (d) going off-topic
16. 16.True or false: “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
18. 18.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “So, our group’s view is that both sides have merit.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
19. 19.True or false: “I agree with Tara, and I would add one example.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping points brief (b) arguing personally (c) listening to all (d) bringing in quiet ones
24. 24.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
25. 25.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) calmly finish your point (b) walk out (c) shout back (d) give up
26. 26.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is inviting others in. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🗣️ 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
28. 28.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) summing up at the end (b) shouting others down (c) disagreeing politely (d) keeping points brief
31. 31.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: staying on the topic? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) going off-topic (c) keeping points brief (d) repeating one point
33. 33.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: speaking non-stop? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) going off-topic (c) speaking non-stop (d) listening to all
35. 35.True or false: “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: giving facts or examples? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
37. 37.🗣️ 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
38. 38.🗣️ 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) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
39. 39.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) repeating one point (d) shouting others down
40. 40.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” (a) summing up (b) disagreeing politely (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion

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