Group discussion is a new trend that has come up in order to evaluate student personality. A group of participants are made to discuss on a topic or subject for a limited time and then assessed accordingly. 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 topic among themselves for 15-20 minutes.
Group discussions are done to assess the following:-
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Motivational Skills
- Team Building Skills
- Analytical /Logical Skills
- Reasoning ability
- Different Thinking
- Initiative
- Assertiveness
- Flexibility
- Creativity
- Ability to think on ones feet
- GDs are implemented commonly