Campus Recruitment – Group Discussion – Summary

Campus Recruitment – Group Discussion – Summary

SUMMARY

• Listen to topic carefully. Organize your ideas and write them down on a piece of paper. Be brief and analytical on whatever you say.
• Listen to others. Initiate the discussion if you are familiar with the topic. It is not compulsory that you should initiate the discussion.
• Speak to the point and avoid repetition. How long you talk is irrelevant, what you talk is important.
• Repeating the same points over and over again shows the lack of content in the candidate.
• Use quotations, proverbs, facts and figures in your discussion. Speak as early as you can in a GD to get noticed.
• Asking relevant questions will show your enthusiasm towards the Group Discussion.
• Use clear, concise and simple language so that every group member will understand.
• Involve other participants in discussion by asking for their opinion. Create harmony between different opinions by giving compromising solution.
• Be confident. If you aren’t confident with yourself, you’ will be scared of sharing your opinions.
• You need to trust yourself. You need to feel confident in your thoughts. Just speaking throughout the discussion doesn’t make you smart; you should also give others a chance to speak.
• Involve yourself totally in the group discussion. Show the others that you are involved by using appropriate body gestures.
• Treat the given topic as the real life situation where you need to solve along with group.
• Maintain eye contact with the person who is speaking and with the group members while you are speaking.
• If the speaker is making an eye-contact with you, remember to acknowledge him by saying “Yes, I agree” or just by nodding your head, so that the speaker is aware that his listeners are listening to him and paying full attention.
• This will also show that you are vigilant and are an active participant in the discussion.
• Time management is very important in group discussion.
• Keep a track on the passing time so that you can contribute adequately within the time available.
• Activeness, enthusiasm and meaningful participation in the discussion are very important as they fetch good impression. Therefore, speak up and do not remain just a spectator.
• Also, listen carefully what the others are saying and get involved. Be audible. But do not shout or scream. Address the whole group, not a single person or only to the observers.
• If you find that the discussion is going off track, grab this opportunity to bring it on track, thus securing an additional score for yourself.
• Be polite and well mannered. Keep your emotions in control even in very provocative situations and do not lose your temper. Do not get personal on issues with other participants.
• Some candidates have so many points to put across. So they end up occupying a lot of time. This shows poor concern for the others.
• Do interrupt or enter the discussion when you want to. Do not interrupt other’s discussions.
• However, try to politely speak up your points. Close the Group Discussion by summarizing the topic effectively.