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How many times have you seen a candidate yelling at the top of his/ her voice during a Group Discussion?
It is a sureshot way to ruin his/ her chances of getting admission to a top B-School. We feature the more common gaffes students make that could ensure a speedy exit and elimination from a GD, as well as the evaluation sheet used by panelists to judge your performance.
List of don’ts for your GD
~ Project a shabby image by wearing wrinkled clothes and unpolished shoes.
~ Start clarifying the meaning of the topic from the examiner as soon as it is announced.
~ As soon as the GD starts, jump into the fray with wrong facts and figures.
~ Sit on the fence throughout the discussion.
It is advisable to take a stand (in favour or against the topic), as this will help you be more aggressive in the GD.
~ Never agree to anyone else’s point of view. Disagreement with everyone will guarantee you more enemies.
~ Resort to negative body language; sit with your arms and legs crossed, stare at your GD members, point fingers at others, make a fist at another and sit at the edge of the chair.
~ Maintain a sardonic smile on your face throughout the GD. This will seem, to the examiners, that you feel superior to the other members of the group.
~ Do not let fellow candidates speak and, if someone is making a good point, interrupt him/her mid-way and put forth a completely unrelated point.
~ Use words like yaar, um, etc, at every juncture and use abbreviations and acronyms, without explaining them. This will alienate you from the group.
~ Make wisecracks, in the hope of showing off your wit.
~ Yawn or maintain a blank look on your face.
~ Give subjective opinions which are not supported by facts or figures.
~ Only listen, and never speak.
GD evaluation sheet for panelists
The weightage of evaluating parameters varies from B-School to B-School, but the general framework more or less remains the same.
We have attempted to reproduce the actual criteria used in Group Discussions to top B-Schools, which is circulated to the respective evaluators before the start of a Group Discussion.
For more details, visit http://www.tcyonline.com/blogs/?cat=6
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| Author: sri phani kumari 13 May 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 2 |
thanks for sending these articles. it is very helpful to me.
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| Author: Chithra 24 May 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 2 |
nice information
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| Author: Shinu 31 May 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 2 |
Good Information and very nicely written.Keep It Up and find more useful topics.
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| Author: Ramprasad 02 Jun 2008 | Member Level: Silver Points : 0 |
Very useful information, thanks.
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