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noun in·ter·view \ˈin-tər-ˌvyü\

Definition of interview

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 personb : a report or reproduction of information so obtained
3 : interviewee

interview

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interviewer

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Examples of interview in a Sentence

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.

Recent Examples of interview from the Web

On Wednesday, one of Ryan's Democratic challengers, Randy Bryce, seemed to struggle with a question about North Korea during an interview with CNN.

— mary spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Speaker Paul Ryan calls North Korea 'number one' foreign policy concern", 6 July 2017
Last September, Malashanko, Ervin and Jordan had one-on-one interviews with Vigneron.

— ann zaniewski, charlotteobserver, "Married to Jesus: Women make lifelong virginity pledge", 5 July 2017
Prior to the preliminaries, the participants had been judged in scholastics and in an interview, which comprised 50 percent of their total score.

— michelle matthews, AL.com, "Skye Bork of District of Columbia named Distinguished Young Woman of America for 2017", 1 July 2017
However, the interview is no longer on the site, which prompts a whole lot of other questions.

— allie fasanella, Teen Vogue, "Selena Gomez May Have Made a Country Song With Thomas Rhett", 30 June 2017
Building up staff In an interview Thursday, Joe Sprague, Alaska Air’s senior vice president of external affairs, rejected criticism in the union letter that management has not been proactive in addressing the pilot shortage.

— dominic gates, The Seattle Times, "Horizon Air cutting hundreds of flights this summer due to pilot shortage", 29 June 2017
Carey said during a recent interview with Israel’s Channel 2 News while visiting the country to promote her new partnership with local skincare line Premier Dead Sea Cosmetics.

— char adams, EW.com, "'I don't know where the motherf---er is': Mariah Carey speaks out on ex James Packer's scandal", 28 June 2017
Her interview with Vladimir Putin was perceived by some as defanged and occasionally boring.

— vanityfair.com, "Can Megyn Kelly Outrun Her NBC “Nightmare”?", 27 June 2017
The state appointed an emergency manager for the Muncie Community Schools, but still hasn't begun the interview process for the Gary Community School Corp.

— carole carlson, Post-Tribune, "DUAB mulling Gary emergency manager list", 27 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of interview

Anglo-French entreveue meeting, from (s')entreveer to see one another, meet, from entre- inter- + veer to see — more at view

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First Known Use: 1514

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INTERVIEW Defined for Kids

interview

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noun in·ter·view \ˈin-tər-ˌvyü\

Definition of interview for Students

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.