interview
See also: Interview
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).
Noun
interview (plural interviews)
- (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 4:
- To be present at an interview, as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe […], no age ever saw the like.
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- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
- A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]
- The reporter gave the witness an interview.
- A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]
- It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.
- An audition.
- A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Esperanto: intervjuo
- → French: interview
- → German: Interview
- Italian: intervista
- → Japanese: インタビュー
- → Korean: 인터뷰 (inteobyu)
- Lithuanian: interviu
- → Malay: interviu
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Romanian: interviu
- → Russian: интервью (intervʹju)
- Spanish: entrevista
Translations
conversation with journalist etc.
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a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant
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Verb
interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)
- To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
- He interviewed the witness.
- The witness was interviewed.
- To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
- 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
- When she interviewed with Microsoft in August, she overlooked a small cut in salary and asked about long-term career opportunities — and quality of life.
- 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
Derived terms
Translations
to have an interview
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To be interviewed
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References
Czech
Related terms
- See vize
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/
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Noun
interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)
- interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju/, /in.tɛʁ.vju/
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Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “interview” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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