interview

noun

A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.

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.

Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.

A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

An audition.

(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

verb

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

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within videre-vid · Latin · to see

Synonyms for interview

consultationn questionn conversationn auditionn audiencen

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Where does interview come from?

The word interview breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -vid, from Latin videre (“to see”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.