interview

See also: Interview

English

Etymology

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəvjuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɚvjuː/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 4:

     To be present at an interview, as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe […], no age ever saw the like.

2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
3. 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. [from 19th c.]

   The reporter gave the witness an interview.

4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]

   It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.

5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• exit interview
• job interview

Descendants

• → Esperanto: intervjuo
• → French: interview
• → German: Interview
• Italian: intervista
• → Japanese: インタビュー
• → Korean: 인터뷰 (inteobyu)
• Lithuanian: interviu
• → Malay: interviu
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Romanian: interviu
• → Russian: интервью́ (intervʹjú)
• Spanish: entrevista

Translations

conversation with journalist etc.

• Afrikaans: onderhoud
• Albanian: intervistë (sq) f
• Arabic: مُقَابَلَة‎ f (muqābala)

  Hijazi Arabic: مُقَابَلَة‎ f (mugābala)

• Armenian: հարցազրույց (hy) (harcʿazruycʿ)
• Asturian: entrevista f
• Azerbaijani: müsahibə (az)
• Belarusian: інтэрв'ю́ n (intervʺjú)
• Bengali: সাক্ষাত্কার (śakkhatkar)
• Bulgarian: интервю́ n (intervjú)
• Burmese: အင်တာဗျူး (angtabyu:)
• Catalan: entrevista (ca) f, interviu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 走訪 (zh), 走访 (zh) (zǒufǎng), 採訪 (zh), 采访 (zh) (cǎifǎng), 訪問 (zh), 访问 (zh) (fǎngwèn)

  Min Nan: 訪問 (zh-min-nan), 访问 (hóng-būn), 採訪 (zh-min-nan), 采访 (chhái-hóng)

• Czech: interview (cs) m
• Danish: interview
• Dutch: interview (nl) n, vraaggesprek (nl) n
• Esperanto: intervjuo (eo)
• Estonian: intervjuu
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: haastattelu (fi)
• French: interview (fr) f, entretien (fr) m
• Galician: entrevista (gl) f
• Georgian: ინტერვიუ (inṭerviu)
• German: Interview (de) n
• Greek: συνέντευξη (el) f (synéntefxi)
• Hebrew: רְאָיוֹן‎ (he) (re'ayon)
• Hindi: साक्षात्कार (hi) m (sākṣātkār), इंटरव्यू (iṇṭravyū)
• Hungarian: interjú (hu)
• Icelandic: viðtal (is) n
• Ido: interviuvo (io)
• Indonesian: wawancara (id), interviu (id)
• Irish: agallamh m
• Italian: intervista (it) f
• Japanese: インタビュー (intabyū)
• Kazakh: сұхбат (kk) (suxbat)
• Khmer: សម្ភាសន៍ (sɑmpʰieh)
• Korean: 인터뷰 (ko) (inteobyu)

• Kyrgyz: интервью (ky) (intervʹyu), маектешүү (mayekteşüü), маек (mayek)
• Lao: ສັມພາດ (sam phāt), ການສັມພາດ (kān sam phāt), ສຳພາດ (sam phāt), ການສຳພາດ (kān sam phāt), ບົດສຳພາດ (bot sam phāt), ສອບສຳພາດ (sǭp sam phāt)
• Latin: colloquium (la) n
• Latvian: intervija f
• Lithuanian: interviu m
• Macedonian: интервју́ n (intervjú)
• Malay: wawancara, temu bual
• Maltese: intervista f
• Manx: co-akin
• Maori: uiuinga
• Mongolian: уулзалт (uulzalt), ярилцлага (mn) (yariltslaga)
• Norwegian: intervju
• Occitan: entrevista f
• Persian: مصاحبه‎ (fa) (mosâhebe), اینترویو‎ (intervyu)
• Polish: wywiad (pl) m
• Portuguese: entrevista (pt) f
• Romanian: interviu (ro) n
• Russian: интервью́ (ru) n (intɛrvʹjú)
• Scottish Gaelic: agallamh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интѐрвјӯ m

  Roman: intèrvjū (sh) m

• Sicilian: ntirbista f
• Slovak: interview m
• Slovene: intervju m
• Spanish: entrevista (es) f
• Swahili: mahojiano (sw)
• Swedish: intervju (sv) n
• Tagalog: pakikipanayam
• Tajik: мусоҳиба (tg) (musohiba)
• Thai: สัมภาษณ์ (th) (sǎm-pâat), การสัมภาษณ์ (th)
• Turkish: mülâkat (tr)
• Turkmen: interwýu
• Ukrainian: інтерв'ю́ (uk) n (intervʺjú)
• Urdu: انٹرویو‎ (inṭarvyū)
• Uzbek: intervyu (uz), suhbat (uz)
• Vietnamese: cuộc phỏng vấn (vi), bài phỏng vấn (vi)
• Volapük: bespik (vo)
• Walloon: responda (wa) m, eterviou (wa) m
• Welsh: cyfweliad (cy) m
• Yiddish: אינטערוויו‎ (intervyu)

a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant

• Arabic: مُقَابَلَة‎ f (muqābala)
• Armenian: հարցազրույց (hy) (harcʿazruycʿ)
• Asturian: entrevista f
• Belarusian: сумо́ўе n (sumóŭje), інтэрв'ю́ n (intervʺjú)
• Bulgarian: интервю́ n (intervjú)
• Catalan: entrevista (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面試 (zh), 面试 (zh) (miànshì)

• Czech: přijímací pohovor m
• Esperanto: intervjuo (eo)
• Finnish: haastattelu (fi)
• French: entretien (fr) m, entrevue (fr) f, entretien d'embauche (fr) m
• German: Vorstellungsgespräch (de) n, Interview (de) n
• Greek: συνέντευξη (el) f (synéntefxi)
• Ido: konfero (io)
• Indonesian: wawancara (id)
• Irish: agallamh m
• Italian: colloquio (it) m
• Japanese: 面接 (ja) (めんせつ, mensetsu)
• Korean: 면접 (ko) (myeonjeop) (面接 (ko))

• Latin: colloquium (la)
• Malay: interviu, temu duga, wawancara
• Manx: co-akin
• Maori: uiuinga
• Norman: entréveue f
• Polish: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna f
• Portuguese: entrevista (pt) f
• Romanian: interviu (ro) n, interviu de prezentare n
• Russian: собесе́дование (ru) n (sobesédovanije), интервью́ (ru) n (intɛrvʹjú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интервју m

  Roman: intervju (sh) m

• Spanish: entrevista (es) f
• Swedish: intervju (sv) n
• Tamil: நேர்முகத் தேர்வு (nērmukat tērvu)
• Telugu: నెరుచూపు (nerucūpu)
• Ukrainian: співбесі́да f (spivbesída), інтерв'ю́ (uk) n (intervʺjú)
• Vietnamese: sự gặp gỡ (vi), sự gặp mặt (vi)
• Welsh: cyfweliad (cy) m

Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

1. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.

   He interviewed the witness.

   The witness was interviewed.

2. (intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
   • 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25

     When she interviewed with Microsoft in August, she overlooked a small cut in salary and asked about long-term career opportunities — and quality of life.

Derived terms

• interviewee
• interviewer

Translations

to have an interview

• Afrikaans om 'n onderhoud te voer
• Arabic: قَابَلَ‎ (ar) (qābala)
• Asturian: entrevistar
• Bulgarian: интервюирам (intervjuiram)
• Catalan: entrevistar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訪問 (zh), 访问 (zh) (fǎngwèn)

• Dutch: interviewen (nl)
• Esperanto: intervjui
• Finnish: haastatella (fi)
• French: avoir une entrevue, interroger (fr) (especially by the police)
• Galician: entrevistar
• German: interviewen (de)
• Greek: συνεντευξιάζω (synentefxiázo), παίρνω συνέντευξη (paírno synéntefxi)
• Ido: interviuvar (io)
• Irish: cuir agallamh ar
• Italian: intervistare (it)

• Japanese: 面接する (ja) (めんせつする, mensetsu suru)
• Korean: 면접하다 (myeonjeophada)
• Latvian: intervēt
• Maori: uiui, patapatai
• Occitan: entrevistar
• Polish: przeprowadzać wywiad impf
• Portuguese: entrevistar
• Romanian: intervieva (ro)
• Russian: интервьюи́ровать (ru) impf (intɛrvʹjuírovatʹ), опра́шивать (ru) impf (oprášivatʹ), опроси́ть (ru) pf (oprosítʹ)
• Spanish: entrevistar (es), interrogar (es)
• Swedish: intervjua (sv)
• Thai: สัมภาษณ์ (th) (sămpâat)
• Vietnamese: phỏng vấn (vi)
• Volapük: bespikön (vo)
• Welsh: cyfweld (cy), cyf-weld

To be interviewed

• Ido: interviuvesar

• Maori: uiui
• Spanish: ser entrevistado, entrevistarse (es)

References

• interview in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Noun

interview n

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• interview in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/

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Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen
2. imperative of interviewen

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vju/, /in.tɛʁ.vju/

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Noun

interview f (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Related terms

• entrevue

Further reading

• “interview” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).