interview
Americannoun
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interviews
plural
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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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One of those was Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a Sacramento mother who was deported a day after her green card interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Back when Hal was still a novelty to the public, we see 10-year-old John disobeying his father’s TV ban to watch the hero’s first-ever interview on “60 Minutes.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
In an April 2015 interview shortly after Bumble's launch, Herd Wolfe told the Toronto Star it was a "stereotype to say women like to sit back and want men to come to them".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Davis, who was laid off from his job this spring, has applied for 100 jobs and has yet to receive an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
About Sir Fig Newton’s diabetes diagnosis, having less than a week to raise enough money for his treatment, and my live interview with Ms. Campbell the next day.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
He will make recommendations, based on his examination of the records and any interviews he carries out.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Texas Tribune and Religion News Service requested interviews from both candidates.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Leaked data, interviews and never-before-seen videos obtained by The Wall Street Journal reveal how a single team of these workers infiltrated at least eight companies in just a few months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She panics on red carpets and says interviews make her nervous, although she certainly doesn’t seem it today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
No letters, diaries, or interviews with newspapers to offer any clues.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
This bearish view on markets comes from the founder and managing director of CrossBorder Capital, Mike Howell, who was interviewed on the Macro Voices podcast Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
While observers still question the possible cause of death, several specialists interviewed by AFP dismiss poisoning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Delmer, a British-Australian journalist, attended school in Germany and interviewed Hitler in 1931.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Det Insp Mark Fraser, of Essex Police, said the lorry driver had passed all road-side tests and was due to be interviewed in the coming days.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He read too that Frank Geyer, a Philadelphia police detective who had interviewed him in June, was now in the Midwest searching for Pitezel’s children.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
The photo of her receiving the tattoo went viral along with posts that she was interviewing for a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"One thing I really don't like is this culture now of interviewing via Zoom or Teams," the prime minister told a careers podcast, adding: "How does a young person shine in that situation?"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was also researching and interviewing lots of different people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
State health agencies take the lead in interviewing patients, and those agencies are disparately funded.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Fifteen or twenty minutes later, sergeants were interviewing DiPaola and Davis—they had been working on those same galleries—as well as other officers who had been involved.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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