Gd Finale Slide

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GROUP

DISCUSSION

SKILLS


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Objective of the session

To understand the relevance of GD in selection

process

To reflect on self through mock GD To Identify and Practice the desired behaviour

in GD

To learn different kind of GDs and To create a list of DOs and Donts of GD


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WHATWE KNOWABOUT GD


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MOCK SESSION

Participants 8

Time 10 minutes each

Topic 1 Business of Business is for the sake of Business

Topic 2 Sunday is a Family day

Topic 4 Marriage is a Social Trap

Topic 3 Best Cricketer M.S. Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar


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SelfAssessment

Fill the form reflecting on your performances

in the GDs held


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Why GDs

Personality assessment test

An elimination tool

Evaluate your ability to work in a group

Flexibility : Evaluate skill to agree and disagree Ability to express opinion and attitude

Level of creativity and Reasoning ability

Independent thinker: Articulation of thought andCommunication skills

Ability to lead the team and be a team player

Assertiveness no aggression


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Work in Team.(role plays)

When it is and it isn't appropriate to interrupt

others speaker?

When you disagree what kind of phrases can

be used?

How to give credit and appreciate other?


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Emotional outburst

Topic: WomenMakes Good Manager

Speaker:Women are generally submissive

Rashmi : (Offended) You are a male chauvinist and women have excelled

in..

Interpretation of behaviour Deviate from the subject

Treat the discussion as a forum to air her own views.

Lose objectivity and make personal attacks.

Consequence: Disqualified

As her behavior would have been perceivedas immature and de-motivating

to the rest of the team.


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Quality vs. Quantity

The more you talk, the more likely you are to get through the GD.

Action: Gautam interrupted other people at every opportunity.

Consequence: The other candidates got together to prevent him

from participating in the rest of the discussion.

Remember:

The mantra is "Contributing meaningfully to the team's

success."Domination is frowned upon.


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Egotism Showing off

I am happy. I got the topic. I prepared and nowI have a chance to project

my vast knowledge

Action : Krishna - "20% of companies; 24.27% of parliamentarians felt that; I recently

read in a Jupiter Report that..."and so on so forth.

Consequence: Team laughter

Impression of cooking up data

Disqualified: Appreciated for in-depth knowledge but failed miserably in people skills.

Such behavior highlights your inability to work in an atmosphere where different

opinions are expressed.

Remember:

Facts and figures need not validate all your statements.

With facts and figures your analysis and interpretation of the same is equally

important.


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Get noticed - But for the right reasons

Everyone would compete to initiate the discussion and so do I.

Topic: "Discuss thenegativeeffects of India joining theWTO"

Srikumar : (anxious to start speaking) did not hear the word "negative" in the topic.

Consequence:He began discussing the ways in which the country had benefited by

joiningWTO, only to be stopped by the evaluator, who then corrected his mistake.

Remember:

Listen! It gives you the time to conceptualize and present the information in a

better manner.

Its an irreparable mistake


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Managing one's insecurities

some of the other candidates were exceptionally good

Action: Sumati (extremely nervous). Silence with nervous body language

Consequence: No participation

Remember:

Your personality is also being evaluated. Your verbal and non verbal cues are beingread.

Rather than evaluating others and your performance, participate in the discussion.

Focus on your strengths and do not spend too much time thinking about how othersare superior or inferior to you. It is easy to pick up these cues from your body language.

Knowledge is strength. A candidate with good reading habits has more chances of

success. In other words, sound knowledge on different topics like politics, finance,economy, science and technology is helpful.

Clarity in speech and expression is yet another essential quality.


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Advice to avoidGD mistakes

Discuss - Not DebateParticipants should confine themselves to expressing their viewpoints. In the second part of the discussion can

exercise their choice in agreeing, disagreeing or remaining neutral)

Not sure about the topic ofdiscussion -- better not to initiate

Language - simple,direct and straight forward

Listen- Don't interrupt a speaker

Form Rapport to fetches positive score

Use Eye contact , Non-verbal gestures, listening intently or nodding to appreciate someone's viewpoint

Communicate witheveryone

don't keep looking at a single member, Address the entire group

Formal occasion Avoid slang

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