different between interview vs interrogation

English

Etymology

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
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.]

4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]

5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• exit interview
• job interview

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: intervjuo
• ? French: interview
• ? German: Interview
• Italian: intervista
• ? Japanese: ??????
• ? Korean: ??? (inteobyu)
• Lithuanian: interviu
• ? Malay: interviu
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Romanian: interviu
• ? Russian: ????????? (interv?jú)
• Spanish: entrevista

Translations

Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

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

   He interviewed the witness.

   The witness was interviewed.

2. (intransitive) 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.

Derived terms

• interviewee
• interviewer

Translations

References

• interview in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

interview n

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• interview in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?r?vju/

Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen
2. imperative of interviewen

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.vju/, /in.t??.vju/

Noun

interview f (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Related terms

• entrevue

Further reading

• “interview” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrog?ti?, from interrog?, from inter- (“between; among”) + rog? (“ask; request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?te?.???e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

interrogation (countable and uncountable, plural interrogations)

1. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
2. A question put; an inquiry.
3. (dated) A question mark.

Usage notes

• Generally used with the preposition under: "He is under interrogation about last night's events."

Related terms

• interrogate
• interrogative
• interrogator
• interrogatory
• rogation
• subrogation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interrog?ti?. Synchronically analysable as interroger +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.??.?a.sj??/

Noun

interrogation f (plural interrogations)

1. questioning, interrogation
2. (grammar) interrogative, question
3. (computing) query
4. examen, often unexpected

Derived terms

• point d'interrogation

Further reading

• “interrogation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).