interview UK /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/US /ˈɪn.(t)ɚ.vju/noun 6verb 2forms 3 noun6 •a meeting where someone who wants a job or a place at a college is asked questions and judgedIt was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job. •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.The reporter gave the witness an interview.He has a job interview on Saturday. •An audition. •A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. •Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature. •(no longer used) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.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. — 1624 verb2 •To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.He interviewed the witness.A very famous journalist interviewed him. •To be interviewed; to attend an interview.She always interviews well. formsinterviewed · interviewing · interviews