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   In·ter·view

   /ˈin(t)ərˌvyo͞o/

   

   noun

   • 1. a meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation.
   • ▪ a conversation between a journalist or radio or television presenter and a person of public interest, used as the basis of a broadcast or publication: "a half-hour interview with the prime minister"
   • ▪ an oral examination of an applicant for a job, college admission, etc.: "I am pleased to advise you that you have been selected for an interview"

   verb

   • 1. hold an interview with (someone): "he arrived to be interviewed by a local TV station about the level of unemployment"
   • ▪ question (someone) to discover their opinions or experience: "all the customers interviewed were pleased to be getting a new bathroom"
   • ▪ orally examine (an applicant for a job, college admission, etc.): "he came to be interviewed for a top job"
   • ▪ perform (well or badly) at an interview.

   Word Origin early 16th century (formerly also as enterview): from French entrevue, from s'entrevoir ‘see each other’, from voir ‘to see’, on the pattern of vue ‘a view’.

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