Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

As per my experience or my point of view, companies should not rely on selecting candidates on the basis of GD's. I m not saying that GD's should be eliminated from selection process. What I m saying is that it should not be given much weightage. How can a person be wholly judged by his/her communication skills or on the basis of how he/ she is interacting with others. I t is not necessary that a person who is proficient in many working skills will be good in taking part in a discussion just to make others agree on his/her thoughts. Or if we see it from the side of a person who is good in Gd's then also it is not possible that every that candidate who has performed well in discussion will be good at working in the organization.

Before that, we must decide weather the company is selecting intelligent and hardworking people or those who are talkative and smart in discussions. Sometimes people do not get thoughts in mind while discussing and so not able to speak. And there are many people who are of reserved type and do not speak a lot or not social. Then also they get hesitated while speaking.

Same thing happens to me also that I can not speak well on a topic in 5 - 10 minutes. Rather I can write it (manually) in an excellent way. So it does not mean that I am bad at speaking part. Then how can I be judged on that criteria. If I would have given a chance to speak upon the same, then I could not have spoken in such an elaborated manner.

I have seen many people who are not good in studies but are performing very well on Gd part. In a working organization, working skills are more important. And to be good in speaking you do not need to face Gd's everyday. People who are good in speaking will speak well. For that his/ her communication skill can be judged personally also.

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Hi friends,

GD is not at all needed for an interview. And personally I think GD should not be a selection criteria for a job. If it is an IT company then they will need candidates who are strong technically. Then what is the use of this GD. Many people can't able to speak in GD but that does not mean they are not strong in communication skill. Even if you give a topic to a foreigner suddenly though his mother tongue is English he will think and then only come up with points and for sure he will also not speak continuously. So shall we end up that foreigner is weak in communication skill? Certainly not. BPO, Marketing etc are some departments where we need excellent communication skill. For that also we cannot judge a persons talent from GD. If a person speaks well on a topic then will that mean she/he will be good in marketing? A big NO. She/he would have already prepared some topics and if that topic coincides with GD topic she/he will get selected.

Some persons get anxiety to deliver the points but I bet you if you ask them to explain any topic technically they will somehow come up with points. Because they know about that topic so no fear in delivering.

We can make GD as a technical discussion. They can give topics based on their job requirements and allow to speak what and all she/he knows about that topic. Because that is the field where they are going to work. Everyone should be allowed to speak separately and not like discussion or debate. Surely this will make recruiters to dig out how strong they are into their subjects. And this is what an organization needs and not a person who is telling story on general topics.

My bottom line: GD will never ever tell you a person's personality and technical skills.

Yes, GD should be also the part of a campus selection gd reflects the capacity to identify that person who profounds in communicational skill or not that it indicates the act of living, act of doing any work, attitude, or etc.

But now there is a big question arise here that "is only gd dime a dozen to choose any candidate to the job" I think the answer is " no".

Because in my point of view it is only important to take a job in private sectors because in private areas there is a big place of soft skill that is GD because a big work in private that how to communicate a person, how you give profit to your company.

But if we talk about technical job mainly government EG: ISRO, DRDO, NTRO, RRCAT, BARC, SDSC, or any research center job here technical knowledge keeps significant role and here a most important thing is that, have you kept technical knowledge or not.

So mainly in technical jobs technical knowledge is a primary thing and after that gd keeps the secondary thing.

But yes, If I talk about private jobs where I have to do counter work then here gd keeps a big significant.

So, in last I will say that according to the requirement that is according to the nature of job GD is necessary.

Thank you.

Hello friends,

Our topic today is "Should GD be a part of campus placements:".

Well! According to me GD as a part of selection process plays a vital role. For the growth of any company employees having good technical as well as interpersonal i.e. soft skills are required.

Technical skills of a candidate is examined in technical interview, his mental ability is checked during aptitude test now when it comes to the soft skills of a candidate like his leadership skills, confidence, supportive nature, listening skills, communication skills and many more GD plays a great role.

It is a great chance for the evaluators to evaluate the candidates and also for the candidates for opening themselves with all their hidden skills so GD is like a platform. But then it should not be the only criterion for selection as some people may have good technical knowledge but they appear weak in GD due to fear or may be dominance so such people should get a chance to overcome their drawbacks.

From my side I conclude that GD should be held after technical and HR interview so that evaluators can take decision from the overall performance of all the candidates and not just in one field.

Thankyou.

Hi friends,

Regarding this topic I want to add some thing that GD must be part of campus interview but it should be placed properly in placement program schedule.

Yeah I agree that GD says about candidate of their.

- Communication ability.
- Leadership.
- Confident.
- Mental Stability.
- Patience.

Which are require for growth any company.

But, I think GD should be added after Personal Interview (PI) (if necessary) because a technical student must not have fully communication skill to convince others (which is required for Management, marketing) , they just have a communication skill up-to how much is required. A very talented student having a huge knowledge in technology may not be selected falling the above process of campusing due to his/her poor communication skill. The non- English medium student face this problem a lot. In spite of having knowledge in technology they can not utilize their knowledge in company.

Now this problem arises due to the fact that we are mixing Management & Technical. So I feel there must have a change in campusing process, for management campusing GD should be given more importance than technical.

Thank you all a lot.

GDs at the best should be used as a tie-breaker between two candidates if all their credentials are matching. But, I've seen companies keeping GD as their first round, which is simply beyond my comprehension. It makes absolutely no sense. Just because a person can speak well, doesn't mean s/he can actually work accordingly. Moreover, it makes no sense to screen candidates based on their GD performance and then call them for Technical Interview. It's like first polishing material and then cutting it. Makes no sense. I think that the entire campus recruitment process is a sham. It very largely depends on how you present yourself and luck as well. IMO, there should be a GATE exam before placements, and students irrespective of their branch can take up any GATE subject exam. Based on the job profile, students should be screened based on their GATE score and given preference. Only then, will the whole process make sense and be transparent.

I think gd is important in any type of interview process because it reflects the ability of a candidate that how confident he can share his thoughts and express his point of view. Group discussion indicates how good our communication skills, leadership skills. In work place, we need to communicate with others as we must work as a team. In technical job also he or she may be asked by some nontechnical questions and that time he or she must be getting ready to give an answer of that question properly. Discussion on a given topic among 15 or more students gives us confidence and reduces shyness.

At the end, I would like to say that gd is important also it is true that gd is not the only judging parameter that indicates a student is good or not. But to get confident on ourselves we need concentrate both on our relative job skills and communication skills. All the best everyone for your career. Thank you.

Well, the scenario is it doesn't matter if it is part or not. The mandatory skillset & a mindset that is needed in working that's what is needed today & all the students whether it is management guy, bsc or technical we are framed & we are shaped throughout our lifestyle in such a way that we can accept new things really quickly. It was used to be a time when students were called by companies to take interview, but today because everone wants to do engineering & do study the competition has increased so much that the same kind of capability & potential can be found out in 1000 students so nobody is precious nowadays, if you don't want to go its ok there are 999 students as similar as you which can get a job, so all these things gd, aptitude are the methods to shortening the list of students so that the interviewer doesn't get bored while taking interview. That's it.

Hello friends,

I am Mayank as far as.

I concerned Gd must be the part of camps placement it helps to identify the leadership skills, communication skills as well as teamwork of the candidate. Nowadays every organisation works on the basis of a project which includes various members where it is most important to coordinate with the team members for which they require good communication skills as well as teamwork. Further I want to enlighten that GD shows the knowledge of the candidate about the current affairs as well as his/her opinion on that. It is true that in this process the candidates who have good technical skills get eliminated but in today scenario you cannot work without having good communication skills because in that if you are not good in communication so you can not explain your point to you juniors or superiors. So it should be part of campus placement.

Absolutely not. I am talking about technical jobs. Eliminating candidates based in the initial stages just because he wasn't able to cut-off other people in between is just ridiculous. Technical jobs don't need you to debate with other people. It doesn't need you to cut off other people while they are speaking. Rather it requires you to be good with your technical skills and there is absolutely NO relation between TECHNICAL skills and COMMUNICATION skills. A lot of people who even have good communication skills are unable to bag the opportunity to say because GD's are more like arguments/fights rather than a sophisticated debate.

I don't think that they should be used in technical jobs. Maybe for marketing and sales, they might be okay but not for technical.

I think a lot of tech companies have dropped GD but still those who haven't should also do the same.