interview – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of interview

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to interview
Participle: interviewed
Gerund: interviewing

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iinterview
youinterview
he;she;itinterviews
weinterview
youinterview
theyinterview

Perfect

Ihave interviewed
youhave interviewed
he;she;ithas interviewed
wehave interviewed
youhave interviewed
theyhave interviewed

Past

Iinterviewed
youinterviewed
he;she;itinterviewed
weinterviewed
youinterviewed
theyinterviewed

Pluperfect

Ihad interviewed
youhad interviewed
he;she;ithad interviewed
wehad interviewed
youhad interviewed
theyhad interviewed

Future

Iwill interview
youwill interview
he;she;itwill interview
wewill interview
youwill interview
theywill interview

Future Perfect

Iwill have interviewed
youwill have interviewed
he;she;itwill have interviewed
wewill have interviewed
youwill have interviewed
theywill have interviewed

Subjunctive

Present

Iinterview
youinterview
he;she;itinterview
weinterview
youinterview
theyinterview

Perfect

Ihave interviewed
youhave interviewed
he;she;ithave interviewed
wehave interviewed
youhave interviewed
theyhave interviewed

Imperfect

Iinterviewed
youinterviewed
he;she;itinterviewed
weinterviewed
youinterviewed
theyinterviewed

Pluperfect

Ihad interviewed
youhad interviewed
he;she;ithad interviewed
wehad interviewed
youhad interviewed
theyhad interviewed

Conditional

Present

Iwould interview
youwould interview
he;she;itwould interview
wewould interview
youwould interview
theywould interview

Perfect

Iwould have interviewed
youwould have interviewed
he;she;itwould have interviewed
wewould have interviewed
youwould have interviewed
theywould have interviewed

Imperative

youinterview
weLet's interview
youinterview

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam interviewing
youare interviewing
he;she;itis interviewing
weare interviewing
youare interviewing
theyare interviewing

Perfect

Ihave been interviewing
youhave been interviewing
he;she;ithas been interviewing
wehave been interviewing
youhave been interviewing
theyhave been interviewing

Past

Iwas interviewing
youwere interviewing
he;she;itwas interviewing
wewere interviewing
youwere interviewing
theywere interviewing

Pluperfect

Ihad been interviewing
youhad been interviewing
he;she;ithad been interviewing
wehad been interviewing
youhad been interviewing
theyhad been interviewing

Future

Iwill be interviewing
youwill be interviewing
he;she;itwill be interviewing
wewill be interviewing
youwill be interviewing
theywill be interviewing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been interviewing
youwill have been interviewing
he;she;itwill have been interviewing
wewill have been interviewing
youwill have been interviewing
theywill have been interviewing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be interviewing
youwould be interviewing
he;she;itwould be interviewing
wewould be interviewing
youwould be interviewing
theywould be interviewing

Perfect

Iwould have been interviewing
youwould have been interviewing
he;she;itwould have been interviewing
wewould have been interviewing
youwould have been interviewing
theywould have been interviewing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'interview'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1514, "face-to-face meeting, formal conference," from M.Fr. entrevue, verbal noun from s'entrevoir "to see each other, visit each other briefly, have a glimpse of," from entre- "between" (from L. inter-) + O.Fr. voir "to see" (from L. videre; see vision). Modern Fr. interview is from Eng. Journalistic sense is first attested 1869 in Amer.Eng.
"The 'interview,' as at present managed, is generally the joint product of some humbug of a hack politician and another humbug of a newspaper reporter." ["The Nation," Jan. 28, 1869]
The verb meaning "to have a personal meeting" is from 1548.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
5. Proto-Italic *n̥ter
6. Latin inter
7. Latin inter-der.
8. Old French entre-
9. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
13. Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
14. Proto-Italic *widēō
15. Latin videō
16. Old French veoir
17. Old French entreveoir
18. Old French entreveue
19. English interview
20. From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.

Verbs referencing "interview"

French interviewer, Dutch interviewen, Ido interviuvar, Cebuano interbiyo, Finnish with old forms intervjuuvata, Romanian intervia.

Sample Sentences

  • He interviewed the witness.
  • A very famous journalist interviewed him.
  • The witness was interviewed.
  • 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:]
  • She always interviews well.
  • 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:]