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faculty. If you are not interested in a specific company or profile, it

is better to identify better ways to handle and communicate it to the

placement committee rather than creating an embarrassing situation

which has high stakes involved for all the stakeholders.

‘Ill-performing’ in a GD also poses significant challenges. A group

in which most of the members scream, try to dominate, or show

aggression, or turn the discussion into a fish market hardly has any-

thing substantive to oer to the evaluators. In such a scenario, many

evaluators disqualify the whole group. Thus, the members who are

sincere and who are not able to contribute in such GDs because of

all the chaos stand to lose in this situation. This sort of GDs may

also force the evaluators to pose stricter measures for the remaining

groups. Thus, in the best interest of the institute and all the students,

it is important to maintain appropriate decorum in the GD and exhibit

professional behavior.

Conclusion

Participating eectively in a GD is an art that needs to be prac-

ticed and mastered gradually. It does not happen overnight. If you

do not make it after your first GD, instead of getting disheartened,

you should learn from your experience and ensure not to repeat the

previous mistakes.

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“A job interview is not a test of your knowledge,

but your ability to use it at the right time.”

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manage more than 10 chat windows at a

time along with a phone call.

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