interviews

Job application meetings

Interviews are formal meetings where one party questions another—typically to assess qualifications for a job, gather information for a story, or investigate a matter.

The word covers both the event and its product: She gave a great interview means she performed well; I read the interview refers to the published exchange.

To interview is to conduct such a meeting or to be its subject: We're interviewing candidates tomorrow, He interviewed with three companies.

hiring

candidate

Person seeking selection

screening · selection · hiring · applicant · job description · cover letter · shortlist · background check · experience · skills

meeting

conversation

Exchange of spoken ideas

appointment · consultation · exchange · face-to-face · scheduled · formal · preparation · questions · answers · feedback

journalism

reporter

One who gathers news

profile · press · broadcast · podcast · transcript · newsroom · correspondent · scoop · investigative · sound bite

research

user research

Investigating audience needs systematically

participant · insights · qualitative · findings · synthesis · observation · recording · transcript · themes · empathy

Categories
Opposites
formality of interaction

interviewssmall talk

Polite trivial conversation

chitchat · banter · gossip · shooting the breeze · hanging out

direction of information flow

interviewsanswers

Reactions to queries

responses · statements · monologues · presentations · testimony

evaluation/selection process

interviewshirings

Acts of employing people

acceptances · rejections · appointments · confirmations · onboarding

Phrases
Family

interview, interviewer, interviewee, interviewing, interviewed, interviewers, interviewees, preinterview, reinterviewed

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G