To check on your interactive skills and how good you are at communicating with other people.

The GD is to check

Group discussion

How you behave, participate and contribute in a group?

How much importance do you give to the group objective as well as your own?

How well do you listen to viewpoints of others?

How open-minded are you in accepting views contrary to your own?

Heres how most Group Discussions work

Normally groups of 8-10 candidates are formed into a leaderless group, and are given a specific situation to analyse and discuss within a given time limit. They may be given a case study and asked to come out with a solution for a problem.

They may be given a topic and are asked to discuss on the same.

The areas to be Concentrated on

There are two ways to approach the topic. They are Key Word Approach(KWA)

SPELT Approach
S Social Issues P Political Issues

E Economical Issues
L Legal Issues T Technical Issues

Sample list of skills assessed during a group discussion process

Leadership skills Communication skills Interpersonal skills Persuasive skills

Problem solving skills

Conceptualizing skills

Evaluating GDs
1. Initiating 2. Participation 5. Keep argument on track 6. Eye contact & gestures 7. Summarizing 8. Concluding

3. New Ideas
4. Listening Skills