Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

GD is one of the best because they show your knowledge talent and other skills also.

Yes. Gd should be Part of Campus Placement because every company has some mission and vision. So During the time of GD company looks for the thinking power of person, Communication skill and ability to take leadership qualities. So that after requirements company can get better candidate who will be able to take responsibility of mission and vision.

Lastly, I would like to say that as we know in our life.

Everymoments has some learning things. So, GD is the way where we can learn the communication skill and leadership qualities by listening, speaking and participating.

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According to me, GD should be a part of campus placement. The students will get more interactive. They can share their ideas with other people. GD shows that how a student is updated with the current trends, how he is able to handle the situation, how he is able to lead the group. He becomes realistic. And the best thing about GD is that students get selected on their talent basis. It is totally faring process to eliminate the students who are not deserving for the position in the job.

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GD should not be made compulsory at least for a technical interview, because it has got nothing to do with checking a person's knowledge on a particular subject that's not technical. Of course, communication skill will be developed if the person starts working with a team in the company. Besides that, there is no use in conducting a GD. Sometimes GD's also conducted to eliminate mass bunk of students which won't be required in a technical interview because there won't be many candidates left after the technical round to conduct a GD. So, unless It's not a technical interview there is no point in conducting a GD.

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 like technical rounds but I'm not selecting Group discussion. Every company provides group discussions and then technical ones.

Group discussion should be part of the campus placement, However, final selection should be based on the cumulative result of all assessments, because if a candidate does well in other selection parameters except GD, it also shows candidate ability.

This is kind of my favourite topic I think no in GD sometimes we see a big quarrel happen and judging an individual on 10 minutes or 20 minutes of GD talk is false.

Also in the perspective of the Person who is conducting GD, I think finding the right candidate is the hardest thing so taking a personal interview might it will take 2-3 times taking a personal interview is time-consuming but I think finding the right candidate consumes time is worth instead of taking GD.

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Yes, GD is necessary to check the content and the information delivery way of an individual to a group.