interview

To interview is defined as to question someone to try to learn more about their background, life or experience.

(verb)

An example of interview is when you are hiring someone for a job and you ask them about their professional background.
An example of interview is when you work as a journalist and you meet with a new movie star to find out all about her life.

The definition of an interview is a conversation in which someone is questioned about their background, lifestyle or experience.

(noun)

An example of interview is what a celebrity does when he goes on The Tonight show.
An example of interview is what a job seeker attends when he meets with a perspective new boss to tell the boss about himself.

See interview in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a meeting of people face to face, as to evaluate or question a job applicant
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1. a meeting in which a person is asked about personal views, activities, etc., as by a newspaper reporter or a pollster
2. a published, taped, or filmed account of such a meeting

Origin: Fr entrevue: see inter- & view

transitive verb

☆ to have an interview with

intransitive verb

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See interview in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant.
a. A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.
b. An account or a reproduction of such a conversation.
Informal An interviewee: “I had been warned that [he] was a tough interview—that he doled out flip answers … to questions he was tired of being asked” (David Roberts).