What are your strengths?
It’s precision, learning, accuracy.
May I know your weaknesses?
I like sweets.
What are your goals?
Do their job.
Where do you want to be in next 5 years time?
This is too personal a question.
What 3 positive words would your colleagues/friends say about you?
Probably, kind, skillful, good specialist.
Tell me about a time when something went well?
Surprisingly, this time when in power there was “bloody Yanukovych”.
Tell me about a time when something went wrong and you dealt with it?
Always technical problems were solved by the fact that we need to work more and look for non-traditional methods of solving problems.
What is your greatest achievement?
My family.
What & who motivates you?
My family.
How do you handle pressure/stress?
I’m changing my line of work, doing strength training.
What do you like to do outside of work?
I write articles on the history of metallurgy.
What’s unique about you?
Hard to say. All people are different. There’s something special about everyone.
Tell me about how a professional qualification you have obtained has helped you personally?
I became a Professor.
Tell me about a significant crisis you have faced?
This has never happened in my life.
How do you resolve conflict in the groups or teams that you are a part of?
The problem is solved by careful selection of employees.
Tell me about a time when you changed your priorities to meet others’ expectations?
This has never happened in my life.
Tell me about a difficult decision that you have made?
I had to make a decision to fire my employees.
What significant problems have you faced in the last year?
These are military operations in the East of Ukraine.
Tell me how you organize your work and schedule your time?
Planning is carried out with the help of a diary.
Describe a situation you were involved in that required a multi-dimensional communication strategy?
This has never happened in my life.
What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
This is my son’s success. Children should have more achievements than parents.
Describe a time when you led or motivated others?
This is the last 8 years of my practice.
Describe a situation where you were successful in getting people to work together effectively?
This is a standard situation. You just have to pick up the right people.
May I know about your research students? How many members awarded with the degree PhD/M.Phil?
Three people received a PhD.
By considering all of your research students, who is the best researcher you would like us to know?
It is difficult to say – almost all students are engaged not in research, but in practical work.
What type of research is going on in your laboratory?
The laboratory studies the parameters of horizontal continuous casting.
Describe a specific problem solved by you?
I managed to significantly reduce the porosity of the metal by metallurgical and physical methods.
What is an approach for a problem?
Application of all possible methods of treatment of molten metals.
Give some commonly faced repercussions in your life with which you failed to meet your deadline?
Usually this does not happen.
In such situations what are the measures you have taken to avoid such repercussions when the same deadline is set in course of time?
I have strict time control and I know how to plan my time.
What are the qualities of an ideal student/ learner?
The qualities of an ideal student – the ability and desire to learn.
What are the qualities of an ideal teacher?
The qualities of an ideal teacher are patience, patience once again, good knowledge, ability and desire to teach.
Which stage of education for a child is important?
All stages are important, but the main one is primary education.
Does nationalism has any impact in learning process?
Yes, of course it does.
Does one education system suit for all set of students across the world?
No, you have to take into account local traditions.
How to initiate problem based learning?
You need to find the interest of the student and rely on it.
What is the goal of education?
Find yourself in life, provide yourself and your family with everything you need.
What is the root cause of existing scenario of choosing education as an earning source than learning source?
Each person has his own script.
Role of emotional intelligence of a person?
Emotional intelligence affects a person’s life, but they can not justify all the luck and failure of the person.
How to define a success?
A little rest and continue to work on. Success is often worse than failure.
How to handle failure?
We need to work harder and harder.
Does a person daily routine has an impact in learning?
Certainly. Education should be interesting for students.
What is effect of technology on students?
First of all, students are influenced by the Internet and social networks, Telegram, Facebook and others.
How can we streamline usage of technology for better results?
It is necessary to combine theoretical education with practical.
Finally, what do you suggest the young/upcoming researchers?
Learn, master your profession. And be prepared to do it all your life.
