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1. RULES OF
GROUP DISCUSSION
Submitted by:
Ritvik Singh Jamwal
[05311002218]

2. WHAT IS
GROUP
DISCUSSION?
A group discussion is a methodology
used by an organization to gauge
whether the candidate has certain
personality traits or skills that it
desires in its members. In this
methodology, the group of candidates
is given a topic or a situation, given a
few minutes to think about the same,
and then asked to discuss the it among
themselves for 15-20 minutes.
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3. RULES OF
GROUP
DISCCUSION
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LISTENING
Listen respectfully
and actively.
SPEECH LEARNING COMMUNICATION
Commit to learning,
not to debating
Avoid blame, speculation,
inflammatory language
Allow everyone a
chance to speak.

4. Allow everyone
a chance to
speak
 Be assertive but in a polite manner with
expression in voice.
 Just speaking throughout the discussion doesn’t
make you better. You should learn to give others
a chance to speak.
 Appear pleasant with the other participating
members.
 Be logical while answering or questioning
anything.
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5. Listen
respectfully
and actively
 Listening Skills are Essential for GD round, so carefully
listen to what others have to say.
 Try and listen to others. If the speaker is making an eye-
contact with you remember to acknowledge him 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.
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6. Commit to
learning, not to
Debating
 Group discussion opens avenues to you to learn
more.
 Sometimes you might have skipped learning
some important aspect of a topic which other
student may have grasped while study the same
topic.
 Sometimes you may have some difficulties in
learning a topic, when you discuss it. It becomes
easier to you to understand the topic with clarity.
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7. Avoid blame,
Speculation,
inflammatory
language
 Being aggressive, shouting and not allowing
others in the group to speak, is not appreciated.
So be careful and don’t be a bully.
 Pointing fingers, shouting or any such kind of
impolite behavior.
 Don’t use any slangs or abusive language.
 Avoid negative body languages like shaking legs,
yawning, drumming table, looking here and there
or swinging pen or pencils etc.
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8. Thank You