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noun
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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.
3.
the report of such a conversation or meeting.
verb (used with object)
4.
to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate: to interview a job applicant; to interview the president.
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Interview
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verb (used without object)
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to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes followed by with): She interviewed with eight companies before accepting a job.
6.
to give or conduct an interview: to interview to fill job openings.
Origin:
1505–15; inter- + view; replacing enterview < Middle French entrevue, noun use of feminine of entrevu, past participle of entrevoir to glimpse
1505–15; inter- + view; replacing enterview < Middle French entrevue, noun use of feminine of entrevu, past participle of entrevoir to glimpse
Related forms
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
EXPANDun·in·ter·viewed, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Example Sentences
- One of the doctoral students in my department landed an interview that was to occur when she would be about seven months along.
- Interview two people with different perspectives on the same event.
- Two more elements in this situation have thus far been ignored in the interview and all the comments.
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Word Origin & History
interview
1514, "face-to-face meeting, formal conference," from M.Fr. entrevue, verbal noun from s'entrevoir "to see each other, visit each other briefly, have a glimpse of," from entre- "between" (from L. inter-) + O.Fr. voir "to see" (from L. videre; see vision). Modern Fr. interview
EXPANDis from Eng. Journalistic sense is first attested 1869 in Amer.Eng.
COLLAPSE
"The 'interview,' as at present managed, is generally the joint product of some humbug of a hack politician and another humbug of a newspaper reporter." ["The Nation," Jan. 28, 1869]The verb meaning "to have a personal meeting" is from 1548.
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