Acing Group Discussion - Be Honest and Interact

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Most important issue in Group Discussions is .... never keep quiet and keep looking at people without any expression or no points being added. In GD if you think you have not contributed much as part of the initiation, adding points – take the position of summarizing the discussion, or in between keep repeating the information in support of people who are discussing. Try to summarize at the end. 

Dress appropriately and behave normally and positively during written and especially at Group Interaction levels. Do greet the Facilitator of Group Discussion to ensure to create a comfortlevel for yourself. Also do interact with most of the group members and ensure that you have a good eye to eye contact and relation build before the Group Discussion. This would help you to express yourself during the process.

Companies try to identify...

* One thing in Group Discussion the company would like to analyse is to identify your true self. Your behaviour should be as normal as you generally interact with your team members during your college interaction. 'Think if you are meeting your team / gang at a coffee shop / irani joint, that’s how you should be and in a positive way to representing a college or a group and making that impression.

* Please be pleasant and ensure your specific body language which you are used to in the normal conditions are avoided if negative.

* Always project a positive attitude, interested to learn during the Group Discussions and helping your other members to add value to the process & time spent together.

* Ensure during the interaction you are typically lean forward and making notes while looking at every member of the group. That would help to catch up any of the points that may be of importance to stress on and gives you the control over the discussion.

Be honest yourself...

* Be honest and be yourself. Ask for clarification if you don’t understand a what is happening during the Group Discussion. This doesn’t mean that you continue to seek clarification during the entire process but for desired and relevant areas only.

* Most important switch off your mobile phones or set them to silent mode i.e. don’t allow your cell phone to ring during the process of written or GD. Best thing is don’t carry them where the selection processes is on.

Remember that the average strike rate in Group Discussion to Interview is 20% (some times none or some times may be more) with a strike rate of 2 out of a group of 10.

All the Very BEST!!!