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

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

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

Thomas Tuchel has only been England boss for 10 months - but he has again made headlines and ruffled feathers with his answers in an interview.

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At 22 she interviewed at a local magazine: Instead of clippings, she brought in her high-school yearbook, which she had edited.

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A few months later, Xenarios, already working as a social worker, arrived to interview a resident at a Harlem apartment building and was grabbed at knifepoint by a man in the stairwell.

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Here are the barriers Touring faced and the lessons the partners learned along the way, based on interviews with Kashyap and Saiprasad.

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It has now received some reprieve after she said in an interview that she is not seeking an excessively weak yen.

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Related Words

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