Group Discussion has become a part of recruitment process in today’s competitive world. It plays a very vital role in choosing the right candidate among the participants. It helps in the selection of the most socially suitable person for the position. Having high score in the academics, students those who get selected for the position may get equal priority. Even after considering their age, qualification, and their experience, sometimes they may be still on equal position. In this case, it is required to conduct additional screening for selecting a few candidates among all. It’s here, Group Discussion helps choosing the best candidate among the best.
As being not a part of academic curriculum in many universities and colleges, Group Discussion sounds like a problematic issue to students. They face a lot of discomfort during Group Discussion part of Selection Process.
Nowadays, most of the companies are clear about the knowledge and skills that they want in the candidate during screening. Earlier it was not like this, Group Discussion was only a part of admission processes of the top ranked Business Schools. Few other companies used to follow Group Discussion in order to select candidates for the marketing posts. But, today, all the IT and Non-IT companies are conducting Group Discussion as the part of their selection process for most of the positions.
The following are the skills which are typically assessed during a Group Discussion:
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Assertiveness
Initiative
Flexibility
Team Building Skills
Motivational Skills
Presentation Skills
Listening Skills
Ability to Tolerate
Analytical Skills
So, it is suggested to assess your strengths and weaknesses in all the above areas by yourself, thus you can put efforts accordingly to improve yourself to be ready to participate in a Group Discussion confidently.
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