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noun in·ter·view \ ˈin-tər-ˌvyü \
|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of interview

1 : a formal consultation usually to evaluate qualifications (as of a prospective student or employee)
2 a : 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
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interview

verb
    • was interviewed on television
    • She was interviewed for the position. = She interviewed for the position.
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interviewer

noun

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Examples of interview in a Sentence

  1. The company is holding interviews for several new jobs.

  2. a journalist conducting interviews with political leaders

  3. The interview will be shown on tonight's news.

  4. This library has a large collection of his interviews.

  5. He is a very entertaining interview.

  6. She's always been known as one of Hollywood's best interviews.

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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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INTERVIEW Defined for Kids

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interview

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.
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interview

verb

Definition of interview for Students

interviewed; interviewing
: to question and talk with to get information
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interviewer

noun

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