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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