The company planned to ____ three candidates for the job next Tuesday morning.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was nervous about the job ____, but he had prepared thoroughly and knew all the answers.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-der.
Old French entre-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Old French veoir
Old French entreveoir
Old French entreveue
English interview
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
"(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]."
— 1973, Gore Vidal, Burr, chapter 28
"Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him."
— 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:
"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."
— 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25: