• (British) IPA: /ˈɪntəvjuː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɪntɚvjuː/

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.]

• French: interview, entretien
• German: Interview
• Italian: intervista
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Russian: интервью́
• Spanish: entrevista

• French: entretien, entrevue, entretien d'embauche
• German: Vorstellungsgespräch, Interview
• Italian: colloquio
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Russian: собесе́дование
• Spanish: entrevista

interview (interviews, present participle interviewing; past and past participle interviewed)

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

   He interviewed the witness.

   The witness was interviewed.

2. 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.

• French: avoir une entrevue, interroger (especially by the police)
• German: interviewen
• Italian: intervistare
• Portuguese: entrevistar
• Russian: интервьюи́ровать
• Spanish: entrevistar

• Spanish: ser entrevistado