INTERVIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interview mean? 

• INTERVIEW (noun)
  The noun INTERVIEW has 2 senses:

1. the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists

2. a conference (usually with someone important)

  Familiarity information: INTERVIEW used as a noun is rare.

• INTERVIEW (verb)
  The verb INTERVIEW has 3 senses:

1. conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

2. discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation

3. go for an interview in the hope of being hired

  Familiarity information: INTERVIEW used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERVIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds

Hypernyms ("interview" is a kind of...):

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interview"):

employment interview; job interview (an interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment)

telephone interview (an interview conducted over the telephone)

Derivation:

interview (conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting)

interview (discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation)

interview (go for an interview in the hope of being hired)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A conference (usually with someone important)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

audience; consultation; interview

Context example:

he requested an audience with the king

Hypernyms ("interview" is a kind of...):

conference; group discussion (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

• INTERVIEW (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interview    ... he / she / it interviews   
Past simple: interviewed   
Past participle: interviewed   
-ing form: interviewing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

interview; question

Hypernyms (to "interview" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot interview Sue

Derivation:

interview (the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists)

interviewee (a person who is interviewed)

interviewer (a person who conducts an interview)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

We interviewed the job candidates

Hypernyms (to "interview" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot interview Sue

Derivation:

interview (the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists)

interviewee (a person who is interviewed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go for an interview in the hope of being hired

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The job candidate interviewed everywhere

Hypernyms (to "interview" is one way to...):

converse; discourse (carry on a conversation)

"Interview" entails doing...:

apply (ask (for something))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue interview

Derivation:

interview (the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists)

 Context examples 

One of your best days on the job (or to interview for a job) will be November 8 when the Sun will receive stabilizing beams from Saturn.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

And now, gentlemen, I have one or two little interviews this evening, and it is a long drive to Hampstead.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your boy, Arthur, went to bed after his interview with you but he slept badly on account of his uneasiness about his club debts.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That was my singular interview with Professor Moriarty.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"We are the sworn enemies of society," he found himself quoted as saying in a column interview.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Report coming directly from patients or subjects through interviews or self-completed questionnaires or other data capture tools such as diaries about their life, health condition(s) and treatment.

(Patient Self-Report, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A person who was not smoking at the time of the interview and has smoked less than 100 cigarettes in their life.

(Never Smoker, NCI Thesaurus)

A condensed version of a self-administered or structured interview questionnaire designed specifically for evaluating lymphedema symptoms after surgery for breast cancer.

(Lymphedema and Breast Cancer Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The person who manages an interview and asks the questions.

(Interviewer, NCI Thesaurus)

I resolved, at least, not to despair, but in every way to fit myself for an interview with them which would decide my fate.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)