Dictionary Definition
interview
Noun
1 the questioning of a person (or a conversation
in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists;
"my interviews with teen-agers revealed a weakening of religious
bonds"
2 a conference (usually with someone important);
"he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience
with the king" [syn: consultation, audience]
Verb
1 conduct an interview in television, newspaper,
and radio reporting [syn: question]
2 discuss formally with (somebody) for the
purpose of an evaluation; "We interviewed the job candidates"
3 go for an interview in the hope of being hired;
"The job candidate interviewed everywhere"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From entreveue (French: entrevue), from entreveer (entre- "inter-" + veeir "to see").Noun
- A formal meeting, in person, for
the assessment of a
candidate or applicant.
- It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.
- A conversation
in which facts or opinions are sought.
- The reporter gave the witness an interview.
- The account of such
a conversation.
- The interview was printed the next day.
Translations
a formal meeting for the assessment of a
candidate or applicant
- Armenian: հարցազրույց
- Croatian: intervju
- Finnish: haastattelu
- German: Vorstellungsgespräch
- Irish: agallamh
- Japanese: 面接 (mensetsu)
- Polish: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Romanian: interviu
- Russian: собеседование
a conversation in which facts or opinions are
sought
- Armenian: հարցազրույց
- Croatian: intervju
- Finnish: haastattelu
- German: Interview
- Irish: agallamh
- Japanese: インタビュー
- Polish: wywiad
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Russian: интервью
the account of such a conversation
- Armenian: հարցազրույց
- Croatian: intervju
- Finnish: haastattelu
- German: Interview
- Irish: agallamh
- Polish: wywiad
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Russian: интервью
Translations to be checked
Verb
- To obtain an
interview with someone; and to have an interview.
- He interviewed the witness.
- The witness was interviewed.
- He interviewed the witness.
Translations
to obtain an interview
- Finnish: haastatella (1)
- French: avoir une entrevue; interroger (esp. by the police)
- German: interviewen
- Irish: cuir agallamh ar
- Japanese: 面接する (めんせつする, mensetsu suru)
- Korean: 면접하다 (myŏnjŏp hada)
- Polish: przeprowadzać wywiad
- Portuguese: entrevistar
- Russian: интервьюировать
Related terms
References
Extensive Definition
- The Rolling Stone Interview - a number of very influential pop-cultural interviews in the 70's
- Microsoft interview - the job interview method used by Microsoft
- Bashir interview - An interview with Michael Jackson, later created into a documentary
- Fellini: I'm a Born Liar interview - Federico Fellini's last filmed interviews conducted 1992 for a 2002 feature documentary
- The Paris Review - interviews with many of the finest novelists of the 20th C
See also
interview in Czech: Interview
interview in Danish: Interview (journalistisk
genre)
interview in German: Interview
interview in Spanish: Entrevista
periodística
interview in Esperanto: Intervjuo
interview in French: Interview
interview in Hebrew: ראיון
interview in Lithuanian: Interviu
interview in Hungarian: Interjú
interview in Dutch: Interview
interview in Japanese: インタビュー
interview in Norwegian: Intervju
interview in Polish: Wywiad (rozmowa)
interview in Portuguese: Entrevista
interview in Russian: Интервью
interview in Simple English: Interview
interview in Serbian: Интервју
interview in Finnish: Haastattelu
interview in Swedish: Intervju
interview in Vietnamese: Phỏng vấn
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
appointment, appraisal, appraise, arrangement, assessment, attention, audience, audition, bargaining, bargaining
session, blind date, bugging, catechize, check out, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation, convention, conversation, council, council fire, council
of war, date, discussion, double date,
ear, eavesdropping, electronic
surveillance, engagement, engagement book,
evaluate, evaluation, examine, exchange of views,
eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, favorable attention, hearing, high-level talk,
huddle, interchange of
views, interrogate,
listening, listening
in, meeting, negotiations, news
conference, palaver,
parley, pourparler, powwow, press conference,
pump, query, question, quiz, seance, session, sitting, sound out, summit, summit conference,
summitry, talk, talk to, test, tryout, vet, vetting, wiretapping, worm out
of