Group Discussion

Some of the personality traits the GD is trying to gauge may include:

1. Communication skills
2. Interpersonal Skills
3. Leadership Skills
4. Motivational Skills
5. Team Building Skills
6. Analytical /Logical Skills
7. Reasoning ability
8. Different Thinking
9. Initiative
10. Assertiveness
11. Flexibility
12. Creativity
13. Ability to think on ones feet

The reason why institutes put you through a Group discussion and an interview, after testing your technical and conceptual skills in an exam, is to get to know you as a person and gauge how well you will fit in their institute. GD evaluates how you can function as a part of a team. As a manager or as a member of an organization you will always be working in teams. Therefore how you interact in a team becomes an important criterion for your selection. Managers have to work in a team and get best results out of teamwork. That is the reason why management institutes include GD as a component of the selection procedure.

How to prepare for a Group Discussion?

Preparing for a group discussion requires immense practice, learning, studying which can be done through mock GD’s and certain Group Discussion Tips. A candidate must prepare by studying various useful GD topics which can help him/her to understand the group discussion structure and flow.

Company's Perspective:

Companies conduct group discussion after the written test to know more about your:

• Interactive Skills (how good you are at communication with other people)
• Behavior (how open-minded are you in accepting views contrary to your own)
• Participation (how good an active speaker you are & your attention to the discussion)
• Contribution (how much importance do you give to the group objective as well as your own)