Associations to the word «Interview»

Wiktionary

INTERVIEW, noun. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
INTERVIEW, noun. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
INTERVIEW, noun. 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. [from 19th c.]
INTERVIEW, noun. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]
INTERVIEW, noun. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]
INTERVIEW, verb. To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
INTERVIEW, verb. To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Dictionary definition

INTERVIEW, noun. The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists; "my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds".
INTERVIEW, noun. A conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king".
INTERVIEW, verb. Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting.
INTERVIEW, verb. Discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation; "We interviewed the job candidates".
INTERVIEW, verb. Go for an interview in the hope of being hired; "The job candidate interviewed everywhere".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne