interview
Americannoun
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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)
verb (used without object)
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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
- interviewable adjective
- interviewee noun
- interviewer noun
- preinterview noun
- quasi-interviewed adjective
- reinterview noun
- self-interview noun
- uninterviewed adjective
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”
Example Sentences
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I have not had any luck securing interviews outside of the education sector.
From MarketWatch
More broadly, there has been a rising “united front” against Big Tech that has “nothing to do with economic conditions,” Hoedt told MarketWatch in a phone interview.
From MarketWatch
The interviews are inconsistent, and some are more edifying than others.
De León said in an interview this week that now is not the time for the city to return state dollars.
From Los Angeles Times
In an interview this month, he acknowledged the system can’t always find the most current citizenship information for people not born in the U.S.
From Salon
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