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, 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 or adversarial nature. [from 17th c.]
   • 1973, Gore Vidal, Burr , chapter 28:

     (Aaron Burr narrating): It was at about this time that I learned exactly what it was that Hamilton had said of me, and knew that this world was far too narrow a place to contain the two of us. Hamilton's friend made one further attempt to get him off the hook but only further impaled the slanderer by remarking that should Colonel Burr wish to enquire of any other conversation of Hamilton concerning Burr, a prompt and frank avowal or denial would be given. This was too much. I told Van Ness to set a time and place for an interview [referring to a duel with pistols].

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
• interview under caution
• interview-worthy
• job interview
• pre-interview
• self-interview

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: інтэрв'ю́ (intervʺjú)
• → Czech: interview
• → Danish: interview
• → Dutch: interview
• → Esperanto: intervjuo
• → French: interview
• → German: Interview
• → Italian: intervista (calque)
• → Japanese: インタビュー
• → Korean: 인터뷰 (inteobyu)
• → Lithuanian: interviu
• → Malay: interviu
• → Polish: interview
• → Portuguese: entrevista (calque)
• → Romanian: interviu
• → Russian: интервью́ (intervʹjú)
• → Spanish: entrevista (calque)
• → Ukrainian: інтерв'ю́ (intervʺjú)

Translations

conversation with journalist etc.

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

  Hijazi Arabic: مُقَابَلَة f (mugābala)

• Armenian: հարցազրույց (hy) (harcʻazruycʻ)
• 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:

  Hokkien: 訪問／访问 (zh-min-nan) (hóng-būn), 採訪／采访 (zh-min-nan) (chhái-hóng)

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

• Czech: interview (cs) n
• 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)
• Irish: agallamh m
• Italian: intervista (it) f
• Japanese: インタビュー (ja) (intabyū)
• Kazakh: сұхбат (kk) (sūxbat), интервью (intervü)
• Khmer: សម្ភាសន៍ (sɑmphiəh)
• Korean: 인터뷰 (ko) (inteobyu)
• Kyrgyz: интервью (ky) (intervyu), 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 (lv) f
• Lithuanian: interviu m
• Macedonian: интервју́ n (intervjú)
• Malay: wawancara (ms), temu bual (ms)
• Maltese: intervista f
• Manx: co-akin
• Maori: uiuinga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: уулзалт (uulzalt), ярилцлага (mn) (jarilclaga)

• Nepali: अन्तरवार्ता (ne) (antaravārtā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: intervju n

• Occitan: entrevista f
• Persian: مصاحبه (fa) (mosâhebe), اینترویو (intervyu)
• Polish: wywiad (pl) m, interview (pl) n
• 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 n
• 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)
• Yoruba: ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò

a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant

• Afrikaans: onderhoud
• Arabic: مُقَابَلَة f (muqābala)
• Armenian: հարցազրույց (hy) (harcʻazruycʻ)
• Asturian: entrevista f
• Belarusian: сумо́ўе n (sumóŭje), інтэрв'ю́ n (intervʺjú)
• Bulgarian: интервю́ n (intervjú), бесе́да (bg) f (beséda), сре́ща (bg) f (sréšta)
• Catalan: entrevista (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面試／面试 (zh) (miànshì)

• Czech: přijímací pohovor m, osobní 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, Bewerbungsgespräch (de) n, Einstellungsgespräch (de) n
• Greek: συνέντευξη (el) f (synéntefxi)
• Ido: konfero (io)
• Indonesian: temu duga (id)
• Irish: agallamh m
• Italian: colloquio (it) m
• Japanese: 面接 (ja) (めんせつ, mensetsu)
• Korean: 면접(面接) (ko) (myeonjeop)
• Latin: colloquium (la)
• Malay: interviu, temu duga, wawancara (ms)
• Manx: co-akin
• Maori: uiuinga
• Norman: entréveue f
• Persian: مصاحبه استخدامی (mosâhebe-ye estexdâmi), مصاحبه (fa) (mosâhebe), مصاحبه کاری (mosâhebe-ye kâri)
• Polish: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna f, rozmowa o pracę f, interview (pl) n
• Portuguese: entrevista (pt) f
• Romagnol: abucamént m
• Romanian: interviu (ro) n, interviu de prezentare n
• Russian: собесе́дование (ru) n (sobesédovanije), интервью́ (ru) n (intɛrvʹjú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интѐрвјӯ m

  Roman: intèrvjū (sh) m

• Slovak: pohovor m, rozhovor m, interview n
• Spanish: entrevista (es) f
• Swedish: intervju (sv) n
• Tamil: நேர்முகத் தேர்வு (nērmukat tērvu)
• Telugu: నెరుచూపు (nerucūpu)
• Ukrainian: співбе́сіда f (spivbésida), 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.

   • 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:

     Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him.

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

Descendants

• ⇒ Cantonese: in (in¹)

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／访问 (zh) (fǎngwèn)

• Danish: interviewe
• 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 (pt)
• 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, →OCLC.
• “interview”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Noun

interview n

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

   poskytovat interview ― to give an interview

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntərˌvju/

• Audio

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Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

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

Verb

interview

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

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview. Doublet of entrevue.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Noun

interview f or m (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Further reading

• “interview”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intɛrˈvju/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛrvju
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧view

Noun

interview n (indeclinable)

1. (media) interview (conversation in which facts or opinions are sought)

   Synonym: wywiad

   Hypernym: rozmowa

2. job interview (formal interview in which a job applicant must answer questions, especially in a professional manner, to determine whether they are suitable for the job applied for)

   Synonyms: rozmowa kwalifikacyjna, rozmowa o pracę

   Hypernym: rozmowa

Further reading

• interview in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• interview in Polish dictionaries at PWN