interview
Americannoun
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interviews
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a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person.
a job interview.
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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.
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the report of such a conversation or meeting.
verb (used with object)
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interviews,
present (3rd person singular)
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interviewed,
past participle, past
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interviewing
present participle
verb (used without object)
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interviews,
present (3rd person singular)
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interviewed,
past participle, past
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interviewing
present participle
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to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes followed bywith ).
She interviewed with eight companies before accepting a job.
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to give or conduct an interview.
to interview to fill job openings.
noun
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a conversation with or questioning of a person, usually conducted for television, radio, or a newspaper
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a formal discussion, esp one in which an employer assesses an applicant for a job
verb
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to conduct an interview with (someone)
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(intr) to be interviewed, esp for a job
he interviewed well and was given the position
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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intervieweenoun
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interviewernoun
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preinterviewnoun
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reinterviewnoun
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self-interviewnoun
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interviewableadjective
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quasi-interviewedadjective
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uninterviewedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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interviewsimple
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interviewssimple
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have interviewedperfect
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has interviewedperfect
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am interviewingprogressive
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are interviewingprogressive
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is interviewingprogressive
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have been interviewingperfect progressive
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has been interviewingperfect progressive
Past
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interviewedsimple
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had interviewedperfect
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was interviewingprogressive
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were interviewingprogressive
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had been interviewingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of interview
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”
Explanation
Interview can be a verb or a noun, but whatever form it takes, it involves a formal meeting and asking or answering questions. When you go to a job interview, be prepared to answer questions about your strengths and weaknesses. The noun form of interview refers to a question-and-answer session. You’ve probably seen a TV interview with a famous person, or you may have gone to an interview with a college admissions director. The verb form of the word describes the act of asking the questions. You might interview a local politician for your school paper. Often an interview involves some kind of evaluation, so speak carefully if someone is interviewing you, especially if it's going to be published!
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In an interview, HANetf co-Chief Executive and industry veteran Hector McNeil explained the shifting trajectory for cryptocurrency funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Later in the interview, she revealed that she had her dad’s passion for political activism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
But as Cohn pointed out to me during a recent interview, the notion of being considered a critic has never felt comfortable to him.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Hours after the interview, service on the Kyiv metro was temporarily suspended due to power outages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“An interview would be awesome!” he says, then looks at Alex.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Starting early affords time for multiple rounds of interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It is hard - and probably unwise - to take your eyes off Medvedev's matches, and he is very popular with the media for his engaging, reflective and humorous interviews once the dust has settled.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mostly the Murray study consisted of interviews and the filling out of pencil-and-paper personality tests.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Before his death on July 30, 2023, Reubens recorded interviews for the 2025 Emmy-winning documentary miniseries, “Pee-wee as Himself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The show plays live around the country, and all the interviews end up on his YouTube channel.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
In 2017, he interviewed his daughter for the summer issue of Honeysuckle Magazine about her identity as a Black woman, her work as an artist and her unique upbringing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Many of the Mull fans interviewed are still with us—Steve Martin, for instance, a solidly kindred spirit and a major supporter of Mull’s painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Aged 30, Pike had served 11 years on death row and was the youngest woman to receive the penalty in the United States when Roberts interviewed her as real life editor of women's lifestyle magazine.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
As part of the New American Playbook series, Andrew Keshner covered the trend of an increasing entrepreneurship rate among younger adults and interviewed several who had created successful new businesses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Debbie and Karl didn’t talk to Sasha about it, but Debbie had spoken to one of the police officers who had interviewed Richard.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
I would be interviewing a parent who says, “It’s important that my kid not get involved with chatbots,” and they’re on ChatGPT every day.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Ms. Hannah-Jones was interviewing me for a New York Times series titled “Segregated City,” a video companion piece of sorts to her 2016 article “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
You could "seem too relaxed and a little bit flippant, like you're not taking it seriously enough, or you are interviewing the employer rather than the other way round".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
"I loved this summer interviewing people, seeing who could add to us," said the 47-year-old, who has seen former Wales midfielder and now Tottenham assistant Andrew Crofts remain part of the setup.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
We did very little interviewing now, he was so busy on telephones elsewhere; but it did not matfer too much because by now I had the bulk of the needed life story material in hand.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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