Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

Yes, GD should be the part of campus placement because GD gives a basic idea to HR people, how broadly student can think and how well he/she deal with that. GD must be a part of campus placement but it should be considered as bonus points not as essentially/compulsory. Because no one can predict the capability of the student only on communication skills. A student has good communication skills not guaranteed that he also good in technical skills and vice versa. So in my point of view, it should be part of the campus placement but not for Elimination.

According to my point of it should be depend on for what job you are hiring a person. Like if you are hiring a person for a technical job then it shouldn't be there because he may not be good in communication but he must be good in technical. You can take a technical round for that.

Apart from that if you are hiring a candidate for a corporate world then you should take gd as a selection process. Because in corporate world your focus, communication, listening, team work, leadership skill will matter.

So according to me it depends on the job profile.

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.

In my opinion, GD should not be part of campus placement because of some of the student technically very smart but they can't expose their self in front of peoples. Sometimes irrelevant topics are given in the placement drive some of the students have not broad knowledge but they have good knowledge of their field.

No, I think GD should not be the part of campus placement for engineering student as some of the person have very good technical knowledge but can't get a chance to express his or her knowledge. If we want to check the communication skills and leadership quality of a person then we have a personal interview round where we can check all the quality of a person.

Hi Everyone,

GD is necessary and it is to be conducted before the final round.

The Point We identified Are.

1. Boldness and knowledge (One who starts the GD is the person Who clearly knows the topic and also he doesn't have any fear to face the crowd).
2. Confident Level.
3. Communication Skills.
4. Listening skill (It is very important so it is easy to reply fast to the opponent).
5. Time Management (You shouldn't talk too much, your Point Should be Short and Accurate).

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.

In my opinion GD is important to some extent to select a person. If a person having only good communication skill is not enough for any job. GD should always be known topics then only we know how is his point of view, how he take things in a better way. These days most of job seekers are mainly afraid of GD and JAM sessions in interviews because most of them graduate from regional language. It will definitely affect those guys who are pursuing graduation from regional language.

In my opinion if GD conducted at the final level of interview there is a chance company may not loose the skilled person. What companies did with the person only having communication skills without technical skills. No company in the history survived only having persons with communication skills. Finally what I want to say is GD should not filtering process.

I think GD is not an important thing in recruitment, because one candidate have good technical skills but he has fear to prove their ideas at that time companies will reject the candidate. The companies loss a good candidate. I think personal interview is needed instead of GD.

Thank you.

I think it depends on the company whether it is marketing company or a technical company (core company). In a marketing company where one needs to interact with clients and sort out issues, people need a good communication skill. Then GD would be necessary. If its a core company where one needs to design something or build something, then in my opinion GD need not be there as an elimination process.