Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

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.

HELLO!

We all agree to the fact that GD plays a significant role in portraying the confidence, views and the diplomacy skills of an individual to cooperate and coexist in the society.

BUT, at the same time there are people who possess immense potential and technical knowledge, albeit are unable to express themselves enough to clear the GD round, thus loosing a chance.

In my point of view, the right place for GD in the recruitment process is after the technical round.

That way, "bright minds" with good confidence and communication skills would then "get placed".

Yes.

Because with the help of GD HR can judge the following quality.

1- Leadership quality.

2- Communication skill.

3- Knowledge about any field.

4- Instant decision-making property.

5- Good solution.

In my intelligent opinion gd should be part of management interviews. It helps candidate speaking skills, instant decision making, negotiation skills. Sometimes we are given unexpected topics, then our mental capacity is also checked.

Hi, I'm Utkarsh.

I suppose that GD should not be the mandatory one because we have some people whose speaking skills are not so good but still they can perform better in pressure unlike those who have better communication skills. There are some people who don't like to interfere or being interfered by anyone in between they are saying something so most of the GDS end up with fight or losing temper of the candidates. Some people are in there to interfere only they don't have any strong opinion of there own but they depend on the opinions given by others and correct themselves as they have their own opinion.

Hello Friends.

In my point of course group Discussion is a main process on recruiting a candidate for any post. But now-a-days, GD is conducted as a filtering process in many companies.

This way of recruiting a candidate should be changed.

GD is important only for to express our communication skill, our leadership quality, but on considering the company's growth it is more important for to check their technical & analytic part.

By proving the last mentioned two parts one should posses a good part on any companies growth.

Thank you !

Hello everyone,

In my opinion GD should be a part of campus placement, as it helps in checking the mental ability, thinking power of a person. But it should be last round and final decision should not be based only on GD, because some students who are good in academics and even have good thinking power, solutions of every problem but they hesitate to express their view and just because of this they have to face rejection. So company should consider every point of the student and if possible they will provide some training to the students to overcome this hesitation.

Thanks.

My personal opinion is that GD is useful in judging a candidate's social outlook. But I have experienced that the rules for GD are not many a times followed. Many candidates don't give other a chance to put up their view, here his points should be cut for not having proper listening skills. But it doesn't happen this way, the candidate gets selected. Wherein the other guy who is waiting n behaving obediently for his chance gets rejected.

Another drawback is that after a some time of discussion you feel that your opposite point is right is more convincing then you can't change your side. It will be counted as a negative point. So then it gives the feel of a debate more than a group discussion.

The reason behind GD is to check knowledge and most importantly communication.

Taking GD for campus placement has become fad. Companies which require technically proficient people should put more emphasis on technical knowledge not on good communication. Because many intelligent people who are good in technical knowledge get sidelined by people who are good communicator but not equally good with technical knowledge.

So GD should be conducted depend on profile. If the demand of a profile is communication then GD is must.

Good Evening,

The topic for discussion is Should GD be Part of Campus Placements?

"Words have a lot of Power"- Using goods words is very important for to give an impression.

But much more important is how to use this good words in a proper manner and that's what we called COMMUNICATION SKILLS. Having good communication skills is very necessary.

So, I totally agree with GDs should be Part of Campus Placements. It really helps Company judging students who are having good communication and confidence.

The company obviously will be wanting the students having good communication skills, So that after joining.

That student can handle the company and the employees can communicate to their customers`and brings the project to the company.