Definition of "interview"

interview

/ˈɪntəvjuː/

noun
plural interviews
1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
  Quotations
  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.
  1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, partition II, section 2, member 4
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
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.
4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
verb
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.
  Quotations
  Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him.
  2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, page 4
2. (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
  Quotations
  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

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