interview

See also: Interview

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (to see).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪntəvjuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɚvjuː/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

  1. (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.
  2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. An audition.
  6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

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Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

  1. To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
    He interviewed the witness.
    The witness was interviewed.
  2. 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.

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References

  • interview in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading


Czech

Noun

interview n

  1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Further reading

  • interview in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/
  • (file)

Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

  1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

  1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen
  2. imperative of interviewen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju/, /in.tɛʁ.vju/
  • (file)

Noun

interview f (plural interviews)

  1. interview (by a journalist)

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Further reading

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