Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 81 · 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.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) as long as needed (b) short and to the point (c) five minutes or more (d) one word
2. 2.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) giving facts or examples (c) speaking clearly (d) listening to all
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Would anyone like to add to that?” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion
4. 4.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: giving facts or examples? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
5. 5.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is starting the discussion. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) giving facts or examples (b) shouting others down (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) speaking clearly
7. 7.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” (a) starting the discussion (b) disagreeing politely (c) agreeing and adding (d) inviting others in
8. 8.🗣️ 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) disagreeing politely
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) summing up at the end (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) disagreeing politely (d) going off-topic
10. 10.🗣️ Someone keeps interrupting you in a GD. What should you do? (a) walk out (b) give up (c) shout back (d) calmly finish your point
11. 11.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
12. 12.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is a good point; it also works for small towns.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
13. 13.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) inviting others in (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) disagreeing politely
14. 14.🗣️ 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
15. 15.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) agreeing and adding (c) inviting others in (d) starting the discussion
16. 16.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) speaking non-stop (b) silent the whole time (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) going off-topic
17. 17.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) repeating one point (c) summing up at the end (d) silent the whole time
18. 18.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) keeping points brief (b) listening to all (c) speaking clearly (d) repeating one point
19. 19.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) repeating one point (c) disagreeing politely (d) speaking non-stop
20. 20.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) how you work with others (b) who speaks most (c) who sits nearest (d) who shouts loudest
21. 21.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: mocking a speaker? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting others down (b) speaking clearly (c) bringing in quiet ones (d) disagreeing politely
23. 23.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) starting the discussion (b) summing up (c) disagreeing politely (d) inviting others in
24. 24.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “To sum up, we agree on safety but differ on cost.” (a) summing up (b) inviting others in (c) agreeing and adding (d) starting the discussion
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating one point (b) summing up at the end (c) going off-topic (d) shouting others down
26. 26.🗣️ 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) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
27. 27.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) going off-topic (b) listening to all (c) shouting others down (d) silent the whole time
28. 28.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
29. 29.True or false: “Let us first agree on what the topic means.” is agreeing and adding. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🗣️ Nobody starts the GD. What is a good way to begin? (a) define the topic (b) leave the room (c) tell a joke about it (d) wait in silence
31. 31.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) pointing fingers (b) shouting others down (c) arguing personally (d) giving facts or examples
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) keeping points brief (c) summing up at the end (d) pointing fingers
34. 34.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: keeping points brief? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
35. 35.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) speaking clearly (c) giving facts or examples (d) speaking non-stop
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) repeating one point (c) staying on the topic (d) giving facts or examples
38. 38.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) as enemies (b) with respect (c) with jokes about them (d) by ignoring them
39. 39.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) agreeing and adding (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) disagreeing politely
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) speaking non-stop (c) silent the whole time (d) speaking clearly

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