interview Definition

interview
noun

1. A formal meeting and discussion with someone, especially one at which an employer meets and judges a prospective employee.

Thesaurus: meeting, conference, audience.
2. A conversation or discussion which aims at obtaining information, especially one in which a journalist asks questions of a famous or important person and which is broadcast or published.

verb

1. To hold an interview.

Thesaurus: question, interrogate, examine, evaluate.

Derivative: interviewer
noun

Someone who questions a famous person or prospective employee
Thesaurus: questioner, inquisitor, examiner, interrogator, investigator, reporter, host, talk-show host.

Derivative: interviewee
noun

Etymology: 16c: from French entrevue, from entrevoir to glimpse.