University tenure and promotion panel practice interview
A review of sustained academic contribution across research, teaching, supervision, service and future leadership. Practise the 6 questions the real interviewer asks with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
A tenure and promotion panel reviews the quality and continuity of an academic's contribution, not simply the size of a dossier. The panel considers research, teaching, supervision, service, leadership and the case for continued contribution at the higher level.
How to prepare
- Identify the strongest evidence for quality, influence and independence in your research.
- Connect teaching claims to student work, assessment design, peer review or considered changes in practice.
- Select service examples that show outcomes rather than attendance alone.
- Prepare to explain difficult leadership, authorship and supervision decisions with balance.
- Check the university's official current criteria and organise your evidence against them.
- Define a realistic next phase for your scholarship, teaching and academic citizenship.
Common mistakes
- Counting outputs without explaining their quality or contribution.
- Treating teaching and service as secondary afterthoughts.
- Taking sole credit for collaborative work.
- Relying on past performance without a credible future direction.
What to expect
A real mock interview
6 questions the way the real interviewer asks, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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