interview

See also: Interview

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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  • (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.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 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 or adversarial nature. [from 17th c.]
    • 1973, Gore Vidal, Burr , chapter 28:
      (Aaron Burr narrating): It was at about this time that I learned exactly what it was that Hamilton had said of me, and knew that this world was far too narrow a place to contain the two of us. Hamilton's friend made one further attempt to get him off the hook but only further impaled the slanderer by remarking that should Colonel Burr wish to enquire of any other conversation of Hamilton concerning Burr, a prompt and frank avowal or denial would be given. This was too much. I told Van Ness to set a time and place for an interview [referring to a duel with pistols].
  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. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
    He interviewed the witness.
    The witness was interviewed.
  2. (intransitive) 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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
  • interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

From English interview.

Noun

interview n

  1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)
    poskytovat interview ― to give an interview

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/
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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

Etymology

English interview. Doublet of entrevue.

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

interview f or m (plural interviews)

  1. interview (by a journalist)

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Further reading
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