interview

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
2. (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Noun

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
3. 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.
4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

Synonyms

audience

meeting

question

❓

conversation

discussion

talk

🗣️

conference

consultation

meet

discourse

visit

meet with

questioning

appointment

oral examination

interrogate

call on

inquisition

interrogative

interrogatory

job interview

maintenance

mark

mythos

negotiation

parley

perceive

quiz

rendezvous

see

👀

speak to

speech

union

visitation

have an interview with

history taking

trial service

stage debut

convo

ask

assignation

bargaining

chat

colloquy

congress

conversations

conversions

council

date

📅

debut

Translations

interview

Interview

entrevista

entrevue

entretien

intervista

entrevista

interview

entrevistar

Unterredung

entrevista

vraaggesprek

συνέντευξη

Vorstellungsgespräch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪntəvjuː/

Etymology

Cognate with French: entrevue

In summary

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.