3. Interviewing

3.1. Topics

1. My Bachelor’s Thesis

2. Why Have You Decided to Apply for the Master’s Course?

3. Your Specialization as a Science

4. Relevance of Your Selected Specialization in Today’s Society

3.2. Tentative topic layouts My Bachelor’s Thesis

1. What is the theme of your bachelor’s thesis? Which branch of physics does it belong to?

2. When did you take up this theme? Does it relate to your earlier yearly papers?

3. Give a brief description of your research

1. What was your hypothesis?

2. Which methods did you use to prove it?

3. Did you manage to prove your hypothesis?

4. Say a few words about your research findings. Can they be applied practically? Did you find out anything unexpected?

4. Did you use any English language literature when preparing your research?

5. Do you feel that your bachelor’s thesis has contributed to your professional or personal development? In which way?

6. Are you going to proceed with this research during your master’s course? Or would you prefer to take up something completely different? Do you have any ideas regarding your master’s thesis?

Why Have You Decided to Apply for the Master’s Course?

1. When did you receive your bachelor’s degree?

2. What is your specialization as a bachelor? Are you going to have your master’s degree in the same specialization?

3. Do you know which subjects will be taught at your master’s course? Which of them are you particularly interested in?

4. In which ways do you think your master’s course will be different from your bachelor’s course?

5. Do you have a job? If you do, are you going to keep it while studying for your master’s degree?

6. Do you have any ideas as to how your master’s degree might improve your employment opportunities?

7. What other advantages do you expect your master’s degree will give you compared to bachelors?

8. What would you like to do after graduation?

1. Are you planning on entering a post-graduate course?

2. Have you ever thought of continuing your education abroad?

Your Specialization as a Science

1. What is your major?

2. When and where did physics originate as a science? Say a few words about its history.

3. Name five most outstanding physicists who you think have made the greatest contribution to the development of physics as a science. Give your reasons.

4. List the key disciplines in your specialization.

5. How do you think physics in general and your specialization in particular will be developing as a science in the future? Which branches of physics do you think have the best prospects for the future?

Relevance of Your Selected Specialization in Today’s Society

1. What is your major?

2. Say a few words about the history of physics: how have physicists been contributing to our lives throughout history?

3. Why do you think you specialization is still relevant today? What practical contribution are physicists in general and people with your specialization in particular making to our lives these days?

4. Is your specialization equally common in our country and abroad?

5. Is the demand for your specialization increasing or decreasing? Why?

6. How do you think the demand for your specialization will develop in the next ten, fifty and one hundred years?

7. Outline the range of jobs available for people with your degree today. Which of them appeals to you most?