THE SECRET WEAPONS TO

CRACK GROUP DISCUSSIONS

Presented By
Aruneeta Srivastava
 WHY GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
To Test your
• Personality
• Skills
• Communication skills
• Teamwork
• Knowledge
• Confidence
• Problem-solving skills
• Social skills
• Behavior
• Leadership abilities
 TYPES OF GD-

Topic Based
Group
Discussion

Case Study
Controversial
Topics
Knowledge-
Based topics
Abstract Topics
Conceptual
topics
Based Group
Discussion
PROCESS OF GD
 GD TOPIC
• Business In The Era OF Corona
• Time- 5 Min
• Prep Time 2 Min
 HOW TO INITIATE ?
• Define the main term in the topic
• Use facts to begin with (Correct Fact)
• E.g. In todays world, In My Opinion
• From My prospective
• Personally I think
• It goes without saying
 TO AGREE WITH A PARTICIPANT
• I agree with your point
• I second you on that opinion
• You are completely right
• I couldn’t agree more
• That’s a very strong point
• I would like to point out that
• I have to side with you
• You have my full agreement
• You took the word right from my mouth
• Sure, that’s one way to look at it
 DISAGREEING
• Correct me if I am wrong
• I appreciate your point but every coin has 2 sides
• I am afraid, I have different point of view
• I am afraid but that’ s not right
• That’s one way to look at it however
• Well I see things slight differently
• I am not sure I go along with this point
• We don’t seem to be in complete agreement
• I see what are saying but I have a different point of view
 INTERRUPTION
• Sorry to interrupt you there
• I wish to interrupt you there
• Is it ok, if I jump for a moment
• Do you mind if I add something
• Before we move on, I would like to add
• Can I throw my 2 cents in
• Well that reminds me
 PARTIAL AGREEMENT
• You are right however
• I agree with you but
• To that I would like to add some point
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