Interviewed Interviewing Interview Questions Job Early Meeting I

• which post are you being interviewed for?
• we interviewed ten people for the job.
• the deadline for applications is 15 october and we will be interviewing early in november.
• the website gives you tips on interviewing for colleges.

interview

1. to talk to somebody and ask them questions at a formal meeting to find out if they are suitable for a job, course of study, etc.
• See related entries: Job interviews
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/job_interviews/interview_4
• Which post are you being interviewed for?
• We interviewed ten people for the job.
• The deadline for applications is 15 October and we will be interviewing early in November.
2. to talk to somebody and answer questions at a formal meeting to get a job, a place on a course of study, etc.
• The website gives you tips on interviewing for colleges.
• If you don't interview well you are unlikely to get the job.
3. to ask somebody questions about their life, opinions, etc., especially on the radio or television or for a newspaper or magazine
• See related entries: Radio broadcasting
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/radio_broadcasting/interview_5
• Next week, I will be interviewing Spielberg about his latest movie.
• The Prime Minister declined to be interviewed.
• I heard him being interviewed on the news earlier.
4. to ask somebody questions at a private meeting
• The police are waiting to interview the injured man.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they interview
• he / she / it interviews
• past simple interviewed
• past participle interviewed
• -ing form interviewing

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (formerly also as enterview): from French entrevue, from s'entrevoir ‘see each other’, from voir ‘to see’, on the pattern of vue ‘a view’.