interview

[in-ter-vyoo]

noun

1. a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person.

   a job interview.

2. a meeting or conversation in which a writer or reporter asks questions of one or more persons from whom material is sought for a newspaper story, television broadcast, etc.

3. the report of such a conversation or meeting.

verb (used with object)

1. to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate.

   to interview a job applicant;

   to interview the president.

verb (used without object)

1. to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes followed bywith ).

   She interviewed with eight companies before accepting a job.

2. to give or conduct an interview.

   to interview to fill job openings.

interview

/ ˈɪntəˌvjuː /

noun

1. a conversation with or questioning of a person, usually conducted for television, radio, or a newspaper

2. a formal discussion, esp one in which an employer assesses an applicant for a job

verb

1. to conduct an interview with (someone)

2. (intr) to be interviewed, esp for a job

   he interviewed well and was given the position

Other Word Forms

• interviewable adjective
• preinterview noun
• quasi-interviewed adjective
• reinterview noun
• self-interview noun
• uninterviewed adjective
• interviewee noun
• interviewer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interview¹

First recorded in 1505–15; inter- + view; replacing enterview, from Middle French entrevue, noun use of feminine of entrevu “glimpsed,” past participle of entrevoir “to glimpse,” from entre “between” + voir “to see”

Word History and Origins

Origin of interview¹

C16: from Old French entrevue; see _inter- , _view

Example Sentences

Perhaps realizing the extent of his troubles, Andrew self-canceled shortly after the interview.

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In what proved to be his final interview, Brendan Rodgers insisted he was more motivated than ever to turn their fortunes around.

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Sennott has dropped the spiritualist concept of the Saturn return in many interviews to describe her show’s central theme.

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“It’s like the worst pain on earth,” Taylor-O’Connor told Salon in a Zoom interview.

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When I interviewed one of my closest friends for a podcast about my AI coach, she commented that she had heard from me less and less in the months since I had built Viv.

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Related Words

• account 
• conference 
• consultation 
• conversation 
• dialogue 
• examination 
• hearing 
• meeting 
• press conference 
• record 
• statement 
• talk