interview
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See also: Interview
English
Etymology
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).
Pronunciation
Noun
interview (plural interviews)
- (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
- 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.
- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
- 1973, Gore Vidal, Burr , chapter 28:
- (Aaron Burr narrating): It was at about this time that I learned exactly what it was that Hamilton had said of me, and knew that this world was far too narrow a place to contain the two of us. Hamilton's friend made one further attempt to get him off the hook but only further impaled the slanderer by remarking that should Colonel Burr wish to enquire of any other conversation of Hamilton concerning Burr, a prompt and frank avowal or denial would be given. This was too much. I told Van Ness to set a time and place for an interview .
- 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.
- The reporter gave the witness an interview.
- 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.
- An audition.
- A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Belarusian: інтэрв'ю́ (intervʺjú)
- → Czech: interview
- → Danish: interview
- → Dutch: interview
- → Esperanto: intervjuo
- → French: interview
- → German: Interview
- → Italian: intervista (calque)
- → Japanese: インタビュー
- → Korean: 인터뷰 (inteobyu)
- → Lithuanian: interviu
- → Malay: interviu
- → Polish: interview
- → Portuguese: entrevista (calque)
- → Romanian: interviu
- → Russian: интервью́ (intervʹjú)
- → Spanish: entrevista (calque)
- → Ukrainian: інтерв'ю́ (intervʺjú)
Translations
conversation with journalist etc.
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a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant
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Verb
interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)
- (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
- He interviewed the witness.
- The witness was interviewed.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:
- Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him.
- (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
- 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25:
- 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Cantonese: in (in1)
Translations
to have an interview
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to be interviewed
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References
- “interview”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “interview”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English interview.
Noun
interview n
- interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)
- poskytovat interview ― to give an interview
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- See vize
Further reading
- interview in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English interview.
Pronunciation
Noun
interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)
- interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)
Verb
interview
- inflection of interviewen:
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English interview. Doublet of entrevue.
Pronunciation
Noun
interview f or m (plural interviews)
- interview (by a journalist)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “interview”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English interview.
Pronunciation
Noun
interview n (indeclinable)
- (media) interview (conversation in which facts or opinions are sought)
- job interview (formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for)
- Synonyms: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna, rozmowa o pracę
- Hypernym: rozmowa