{"id":16324,"date":"2014-08-27T04:19:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T04:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=16324"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:50:34","slug":"is-group-discussion-in-job-selection-really-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/is-group-discussion-in-job-selection-really-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"Is group discussion in job selection really worth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Group Discussion or GD, the short way we call, is a common practice of recruiting candidates. It is usually an elimination round and it is conducted because of the huge number of applicants or time constraint for interviewing all the candidates. It can never assess the capability of a person. Recruiters may say that we can gauge the person’s team playing ability but at the end of the day, people who dominate others,who never let others voice out their opinions, who possess high pitch voices clear the GD.<\/p>\n

Is it really worth? People who are really good in their thought process, team playing ability but little soft spoken, are they not fit to be selected in an organisation? Does an organisation want people who are commanding? Being assertive is acceptable but being over dominant is not at all a desirable quality and recruiters easily fall in the trap of the candidates.<\/p>\n

GD is mostly conducted as a custom rather than a real selection process. Even if some recruiters know about the cons of the GD, \u00a0they conduct it just as a practice to show that they are not violating the traditions! But the whole point is that, whom should we prove by doing so? Neither the candidates are happy nor recruiters are happy as they land up recruiting dominant people.<\/p>\n

Although these are facts one can never avoid them. So while in a GD, don’t follow ethics, just be over assertive and shoot out good points. Barge in unconditionally and ‘shout’ at the top of your voice, because finally what matters is your bread and butter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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