Interview Skills Worksheet: Group Discussion

Interview skills lesson 23: Group interviews and GD basics · Set 835 · 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 of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) disagreeing politely (b) listening to all (c) keeping points brief (d) arguing personally
2. 2.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: repeating one point? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
3. 3.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” (a) summing up (b) agreeing and adding (c) disagreeing politely (d) starting the discussion
4. 4.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Meera, you were about to say something?” (a) agreeing and adding (b) summing up (c) starting the discussion (d) inviting others in
5. 5.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: summing up at the end? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) mocking a speaker (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) shouting others down (d) arguing personally
7. 7.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Building on what Kabir said, schools could help too.” (a) summing up (b) starting the discussion (c) inviting others in (d) agreeing and adding
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) giving facts or examples (b) pointing fingers (c) staying on the topic (d) speaking clearly
9. 9.True or false: “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: silent the whole time? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
11. 11.🗣️ In a group discussion (GD), what is the panel mainly watching? (a) who sits nearest (b) who speaks most (c) who shouts loudest (d) how you work with others
12. 12.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) pointing fingers (c) giving facts or examples (d) shouting others down
13. 13.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “I see it a little differently, because…” (a) disagreeing politely (b) starting the discussion (c) agreeing and adding (d) summing up
14. 14.🗣️ How long should each of your turns in a GD be? (a) one word (b) short and to the point (c) as long as needed (d) five minutes or more
15. 15.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “That is fair, though I am not sure it works in villages.” (a) summing up (b) starting the discussion (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
16. 16.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: going off-topic? (a) a poor GD habit (b) a good GD habit
17. 17.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) mocking a speaker (c) disagreeing politely (d) listening to all
18. 18.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) mocking a speaker (b) repeating one point (c) going off-topic (d) disagreeing politely
19. 19.🗣️ You don’t know much about the GD topic. What is best? (a) listen, then add a point (b) stay silent fully (c) change the topic (d) make up facts
20. 20.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) silent the whole time (b) going off-topic (c) speaking non-stop (d) speaking clearly
21. 21.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “In short, most of us feel the plan needs a trial first.” (a) disagreeing politely (b) starting the discussion (c) summing up (d) agreeing and adding
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) disagreeing politely (b) summing up at the end (c) going off-topic (d) staying on the topic
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) speaking clearly (b) disagreeing politely (c) repeating one point (d) keeping points brief
24. 24.🗣️ 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
25. 25.True or false: “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” is disagreeing politely. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is inviting others in. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: disagreeing politely? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
28. 28.True or false: “May I begin? I think the topic has two sides.” is summing up. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) arguing personally (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) summing up at the end (d) keeping points brief
30. 30.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: listening to all? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
31. 31.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) listening to all (b) repeating one point (c) disagreeing politely (d) summing up at the end
32. 32.Which of these is a good group discussion habit? (a) arguing personally (b) summing up at the end (c) going off-topic (d) silent the whole time
33. 33.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) staying on the topic (b) speaking clearly (c) going off-topic (d) giving facts or examples
34. 34.Which of these is a poor group discussion habit? (a) speaking clearly (b) giving facts or examples (c) listening to all (d) shouting others down
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listening to all (b) arguing personally (c) mocking a speaker (d) repeating one point
36. 36.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: shouting others down? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
37. 37.🗣️ In a group interview, how should you treat other candidates? (a) with respect (b) by ignoring them (c) as enemies (d) with jokes about them
38. 38.🗣️ What is the speaker doing with this GD line? “Ishaan, we haven’t heard from you yet — what do you think?” (a) starting the discussion (b) inviting others in (c) disagreeing politely (d) agreeing and adding
39. 39.🗣️ Good or poor group discussion habit: bringing in quiet ones? (a) a good GD habit (b) a poor GD habit
40. 40.True or false: “Meera, you were about to say something?” is starting the discussion. (a) True (b) False

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