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in·ter·view | \ ˈin-tər-ˌvyü 
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\Definition of interview
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a formal consultation usually to evaluate qualifications (as of a prospective student or employee)
2a : a meeting at which information is obtained (as by a reporter, television commentator, or pollster) from a person
b : a report or reproduction of information so obtained
3 : interviewee
interview
verbinterviewed; interviewing; interviews
Definition of interview (Entry 2 of 2)
1 transitive : to question or talk with (someone) to get information : to conduct an interview with (someone)
The police are interviewing several witnesses. was interviewed on television Several strong candidates have been interviewed for the position. More than 60 staff members were interviewed for the project … — Nature Conservancy Gone are the days when a language researcher had to interview subjects in a lab …— Katy Steinmetz
2 intransitive : to participate in an interview for a position (such as a job)
One warm morning I arrived to interview for a job as an editorial assistant on a trade journal …— Joseph Epstein
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Verb
interviewer \ ˈin-tər-ˌvyü-ər \ noun, plural interviewers
\ noun, plural interviewers
a skillful interviewer
Examples of interview in a Sentence
Noun
The company is holding interviews for several new jobs.
a journalist conducting interviews with political leaders
The interview will be shown on tonight's news.
This library has a large collection of his interviews.
He is a very entertaining interview.
She's always been known as one of Hollywood's best interviews.
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In a new interview with ET, the group discussed the considerable expansion of K-pop and its increasing popularity among Western audiences, which can sometimes be a double-edged sword.
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Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, "NCT 127: “There’s Never Been a Time Like This for K-Pop”," 10 Dec. 2019 Rapinoe said in a video interview with Sports Illustrated.
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Pardeep Cattry, Pro Soccer USA, "Megan Rapinoe named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year," 10 Dec. 2019 Ellsberg said in a phone interview Monday, hours after the Post's Afghan war investigation was published.
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Brian Stelter, CNN, "Pentagon Papers leaker: 'Afghanistan is Vietnam'," 10 Dec. 2019 But in a new interview with SiriusXM Hits 1, Smith revealed that the decision has proven to be a continuing struggle.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, "Sam Smith Gets Real About Coming Out as Non-Binary in a 'Homophobic & Sexist' Industry," 9 Dec. 2019 Douglas Lute, a three-star Army general who served as a war czar for Afghanistan under the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, said in a 2015 interview, according to the Post.
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Saphora Smith, NBC News, "U.S. officials misled public on Afghan war, according to Washington Post," 9 Dec. 2019 Laurer said in a 2010 interview that grocery stores in the 1970s were dealing with out-of-control costs and the labor-intensive requirements of putting price tags on all of their products.
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baltimoresun.com, "Maryland alumnus George Laurer, inventor of ubiquitous UPC, dies at 94," 9 Dec. 2019 On Friday, Juan Perez, Miami-Dade Police’s director, was directly asked about the spike strips in a TV interview.
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Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, "Did cops in shootout blow it and put lives at risk? Victim’s family demands answers.," 6 Dec. 2019 Her confession came in a police interview after the children gave detailed histories of the abuse to investigators, documents state.
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Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, "5 children disfigured; East Price Hill woman admits hitting them with phone cord," 5 Dec. 2019
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interview
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of interview
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a formal meeting with someone who is being considered for a job or other position
: a meeting between a reporter and another person in order to get information for a news story also : a written or taped record of such a meeting
US, informal : a person who is interviewed
interview
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of interview (Entry 2 of 2)
: to question or talk with (someone) in order to get information or learn about that person
US : to participate in an interview for a position (such as a job)
See the full definition for interview in the English Language Learners Dictionary
interview
nounin·ter·view | \ ˈin-tər-ˌvyü \
\Kids Definition of interview
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a meeting at which people talk to each other in order to ask questions and get information
a job interview
2 : an account of an interview
We saw the interview on TV.
interview
verbinterviewed; interviewing
Kids Definition of interview (Entry 2 of 2)
: to question and talk with to get information
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The first known use of interview was in 1514
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