How To Crack Any GD & PI - An Overview

In this video, listen carefully as Deepali Naair, interview coach, with 20+ years of experience in the corporate space, talks about the mindset behind personal interviews and group discussions. 

Key Takeaways:

1. B- schools are hiring future managers, CEOs and CXOs, who are expected to communicate. 

2. The personal interview is designed to judge each candidate's ability to communicate.

3. Communication here is about reacting to situations constructively and maturely.

4. PIs are used to gauge your ability to dialogue, to be consistent and to react maturely.

5. The greatest mistakes candidates make include being unprepared. They are unaware of the courses, the b - school and the professors.

6. Another mistake candidates make is react with surprise to basic questions.

7. Candidates have never practised in front of a mirror and therefore remain less articulate.

8. Candidates may lose the opportunity to crack the PI due to lack of prep.

9. GD panels can form overall opinion about candidates.

10. They check your communication skills, especially within your own age group.

11. GDs are used to gauge your ability to demonstrate structured, logical thinking.

Up Next:

In the next module, find out common interview questions and their correct, expected responses. Find out just how to take this course in the next chapter.