The number of participants in a Group Discussion will usually be 8 to 10; but this is not a thumb-rule. Sometimes, if the number of candidates to be screened is very huge, then the HR person of the company might have groups of more than 10 also, even 15 to 20, at times.
The reason why a GD is held is to identify various traits that the company is looking for in order to recruit the candidate. Some of such traits which the evaluators look out for in a candidate are –
Topics that are given in a GD might just be out of the world too. You might sit and wonder how can this be a topic? for example:
Here are few GD tips that may help you
Group strength is usually 8 to 12 members
When the group discussion topic is given if you do not hear proper , just request to repeat the topic do not show surprises
