Interview
['ɪntəvjuː] or ['ɪntɚvju]
Definition
(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'.
(verb.) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting.
(verb.) discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation; 'We interviewed the job candidates'.
(verb.) go for an interview in the hope of being hired; 'The job candidate interviewed everywhere'.
Checker: Nicole--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.
(n.) A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
(v. t.) To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.
Typist: Tabitha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Meeting.[2]. Conference, parley.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Colloquy, confabulation, consultation, conference, meeting
ANT:Isolation, independence, exclusion, avoidance
Inputed by Agnes
Definition
n. a mutual view or sight: a meeting: a conference: a visit to a notable or notorious person with a view to publishing a report of his conversation—v.t. to visit with this purpose.—n. In′terviewer one who visits another for this purpose.
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The interview here ended, I agreeing, however, to send a letter giving final terms by ten o'clock that night. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This unlucky morning, of all mornings in the year, was the morning next after Mr Boffin's interview with Mrs Lammle in her little carriage. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This interview took place at Windsor, where I had passed (as far as I knew) my whole life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of course I shall be careful to conceal any traces of this interview from Mr and Mrs Boffin, as long as I remain here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Margaret told him all that Dixon had related of her interview with young Leonards. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On this same visit to Washington I had my last interview with the President before reaching the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Important interviews would be broken off to get in a visit to some old historical mansion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The penitential den once set apart for interviews with the House, was now the news-Exchange, and was filled to overflowing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And now, gentlemen, I have one or two little interviews this evening, and it is a long drive to Hampstead. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why did he not produce this lamp in his interviews with Bohm, of the American Company, or Moses, of the Edison Company, when it was for his interest to do so? Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mrs. Jellyby sat there all day drinking strong coffee, dictating, and holding Borrioboolan interviews by appointment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Richard was a little grave after these interviews, but invariably told Ada and me that it was all right, and then began to talk about something else. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lydgate by this time had had many interviews with her, and found her more and more adorable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If I had come in here as a journalist, I should have interviewed myself and had two columns in every evening paper. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We interviewed the bad man through bars as big as railroad rails. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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