Group Discussion or GD is a modern
method of assessing students’ personality. It is a widespread tool to judge the
worthiness of the student and his suitability for the MBA Course or a job. Group
discussion is the integral part of final selection process in B-schools and it helps
selectors to evaluate aspirant’s ability to gather their thought on a random
topic and analyze the issue with its pros and cons based on facts and logic. It
tests students thought leading capabilities, clarity in their argument, ability
to articulate and team leading capacity. Management institutes today are very
clear about the skills and knowledge that they are looking for in a student
while screening. GDs are used to assess certain group skills that cannot be
evaluated in a personal interview like ability to reason, to lead, to inspire,
flexibility, out-of-the-box thinking, situational handling ability, ability to
function as a team player, body language and attitude. It also tests one’s general awareness,
team spirit,
leadership, confidence, adaptability, communication and listening skills.
These skills are very much required to become a successful professional who in
turn works as an asset for the B school at time of campus placements. For a
person to get rid of the major hurdles during selection process in any B-School,
it is important for him/ her to take a stand during the discussion. It is not
necessary that you conclude by a positive or a negative viewpoint, but to
summarize the discussion well and being neutral gives you an edge over others.
The candidates are given a time limit for discussing this topic. Each
participant has to give his or her views about this topic. The panelists are
there to judge the discussion. After the time limit is over, the best candidate
from the group is selected. The same process is followed for other groups. A GD
should not
proceed to look like a fish market where everyone is trying to drown out the
other’s opinion. A successful group discussion should ideally proceed like a
well-coordinated
football team, where every player passes on the ball to achieve
a common goal.
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