How to Use "Interview" with Example Sentences

interview (n): a formal meeting where someone is asked questions to see if he or she is right for a job; a formal meeting where someone is asked questions relating to his or her opinions or line of work

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Used with adjectives:

"The company wanted to do a face-to-face interview."
(face-to-face, in-person, one-on-one, phone, group)

"It was an extensive interview."
(extensive, in-depth, lengthy, brief, long, short, easy, difficult)

"The manager asked her to come in for a follow-up interview."
(follow-up, second)

"He did a live interview on the radio today."
(live)

"I have a job interview tomorrow."
(job)

"We saw an exclusive interview with the President."
(exclusive)

Used with verbs:

"They conducted hundreds of interviews for their research."
(conducted, held, arranged, scheduled)

"The reporter requested an exclusive interview."
(requested, asked for)

"He had an interview for the managerial position."
(had)

"He is a private man and rarely does interviews."
(does, accepts)

Used with nouns:

"He waited in the interview room for two hours."
(room)

"She did not understand the interview process."
(process, question)

"The interview footage is available online."
(footage, clip, segment, transcript)

"He gets a lot of interview requests from the media."
(requests)

Used with prepositions:

"She said controversial things in the interview."
(in)

"He had an interview for a job today."
(for)

"She had an interview with the largest company in the city."
(with)

"The actor gave an interview about his latest movie."
(about)

interview (v): to ask someone questions during a formal meeting to see if he or she is right for a job; to ask someone questions during a formal meeting relating to his or her opinions or line of work

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Used with nouns:

"The journalist interviewed many witnesses."
(journalist, police)

"They are interviewing many applicants this week."
(applicants, candidates)

"The police interviewed several suspects."
(suspects, witnesses, survivors)