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 by with ):

   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

Derived Forms

• ˌinterviewˈee, noun
• ˈinterˌviewer, noun

Other Words From

• inter·viewa·ble adjective
• pre·inter·view noun verb (used with object)
• quasi-inter·viewed adjective
• re·inter·view noun verb (used with object)
• self-inter·view noun
• un·inter·viewed 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

“Gaetz won’t get confirmed, everybody knows that,” McCarthy said in an interview with Bloomberg Television at the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times

Her words contrast with those of Labour London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who called Trump "racist", "sexist" and a "homophobe" in an interview in May and urged his party to "call him out".

From BBC

In that same year, she said in an interview with CNN that she was "sceptical" that the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of people.

From BBC

It’s just a new era, stuff you never dreamed you’d be sitting here doing an interview about, but this is where we are.”

From Los Angeles Times

In one interview a videographer follows him outside the home he moved to with his wife in the tiny northern Michigan town of Petoskey, where he had begun to practice as an eye surgeon.

From Salon

Related Words

• consult
• examine
• interrogate
• question
• quiz
• talk