Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 779 · 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? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) inviting others in (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pointing fingers (b) shouting others down (c) speaking non-stop (d) staying on the topic
3. 3.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) keeping points brief (c) shouting others down (d) mocking a speaker
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) going off-topic (c) arguing personally (d) mocking a speaker
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) staying on the topic (c) shouting others down (d) disagreeing politely
7. 7.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
8. 8.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) give up (b) walk out (c) calmly finish your point (d) shout back
9. 9.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “Would anyone like to add to that?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) going off-topic (c) keeping points brief (d) disagreeing politely
12. 12.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “If everyone agrees, I will open with a few facts.” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) summing up
13. 13.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) mocking a speaker (c) going off-topic (d) summing up at the end
14. 14.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: arguing personally? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
16. 16.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) giving facts or examples (c) silent the whole time (d) disagreeing politely
17. 17.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) silent the whole time (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) shouting others down
18. 18.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: silent the whole time? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
19. 19.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) going off-topic (c) pointing fingers (d) listening to all
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) silent the whole time (c) arguing personally (d) speaking clearly
21. 21.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) starting the discussion (b) agreeing and adding (c) summing up (d) disagreeing politely
22. 22.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) stay silent fully (b) make up facts (c) listen, then add a point (d) change the topic
23. 23.🗣️ 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) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
24. 24.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) shouting others down (c) speaking clearly (d) pointing fingers
25. 25.True or false: “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” is agreeing and adding. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) mocking a speaker (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) staying on the topic
28. 28.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
29. 29.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) summing up at the end (c) repeating one point (d) speaking clearly
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking non-stop (b) silent the whole time (c) arguing personally (d) listening to all
31. 31.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) repeating one point (b) pointing fingers (c) disagreeing politely (d) going off-topic
32. 32.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) shouting others down (b) summing up at the end (c) giving facts or examples (d) staying on the topic
33. 33.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is disagreeing politely. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) staying on the topic (c) disagreeing politely (d) arguing personally
35. 35.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: pointing fingers? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
36. 36.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is summing up. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) going off-topic (c) keeping points brief (d) bringing in quiet ones
38. 38.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) silent the whole time (c) repeating one point (d) arguing personally
40. 40.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) inviting others in (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding

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