u/BookTasty2597

I have a 30-minute panel interview next week for a permanent technical role at a UK university and would appreciate prep advice.

The role:
It is a Specialist Technician position in a media and communications faculty, supporting students across digital media production — studio and location photography, filmmaking, editing, post-production, sound, and content creation. The role involves delivering taught workshops, providing technical support, and creating learning resources. They want strong hands-on knowledge of the full Adobe Creative Cloud suite and experience teaching or demonstrating creative production workflows. The application was scored against six criteria: experience and qualifications, communication, teaching and professional practice, planning and managing resources, teamwork, and creativity and problem solving.

The panel:
Four people. A senior technical resources manager (skip-level), a technical coordinator (likely day-to-day lead), a peer technician at the same level with an audio specialism, and a student-facing information centre advisor. 30 minutes total, Q&A only, no presentation or task.

My background:

•	BSc Media Studies undergrad, currently completing an MSc in Applied ML for Creatives at the same university running the role.  
•	Around 4 years of production experience across broadcast journalism (digital media strategist at a regional news channel), digital agency work (50+ campaigns, post-production, paid social), and independent film and photography practice.  
•	Strong on Premiere Pro, Photoshop, studio and location photography, editing, post-production workflows, file delivery.  
•	Award-winning short films at a London festival, an independent documentary screened at university, photography published in a competition book.  
•	Taught workshops at undergrad as president of a student film club. Currently work part-time as a student support officer at a different small institution. No formal teaching role in UK higher education.

Where I would value input:

•	How would you prepare for a four-person panel where each member likely has a different focus?  
•	What kinds of questions typically come up for technical learning support roles in UK HE?  
•	How do you keep answers tight in a 30-minute slot where you might only get 6 to 8 questions?  
•	Good questions to ask the panel at the end?  
•	Anything else worth knowing for this kind of role?

Thanks in advance.