interview
Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial natureAny face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
» How did your interview go?
Wie ist dein Vorstellungsgespräch gelaufen? — MUIRIEL
Как прошло твоё интервью? — Lenin_1917
Как прошло интервью? — odexed
Как прошло собеседование? — marafon
Як пройшло ваше інтерв'ю? — deniko
Як пройшло твоє інтерв'ю? — deniko
Як пройшло інтерв'ю? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesAny face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
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.
He has a job interview on Saturday.
Interview
интервью́intɛrvʹjú
інтерв'ю́intervʺjú
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.
Vorstellungsgespräch, Interview, Bewerbungsgespräch
собесе́дованиеsobesédovanije, интервью́intɛrvʹjú
співбе́сідаspivbésida, інтерв'ю́intervʺjú
An audition.
A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
(obsolete)An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
- a conference (usually with someone important)
Examples
474 sentencesHow did your interview go?
Як пройшло ваше інтерв'ю? — deniko
ruКак прошло твоё интервью? — Lenin_1917
deWie ist dein Vorstellungsgespräch gelaufen? — MUIRIEL
How was your interview yesterday?
Як пройшла вчорашня співбесіда? — deniko
It was a great interview.
Це було чудове інтерв'ю. — deniko
Did your interview go OK?
Твоя співбесіда пройшла нормально? — deniko
Tom was interviewed for the job.
Том був на співбесіди щодо цієї роботи. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoFrom Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.
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Forms
plural: interviews| Singular | interview |
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| Plural | interviews |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a conference (usually with someone important):consultationaudience
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
6 patterns- a job interview
- job interview
- an an interview
- job interview on
- interviewed for the
- was interviewed for
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.