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Interview vs Counterview - What's the difference?

interview | counterview |

As nouns the difference between interview and counterview

is that interview is interview while counterview is an opposing viewpoint.

interview

English

(wikipedia interview)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • 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.
  • Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.
  • 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.
    • The reporter gave the witness an interview .
  • A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
    • It was a dreadful interview ; I have no hope of getting the job.
  • A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

    • Derived terms

    * exit interview

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
    • He interviewed the witness.
    The witness was interviewed .
  • 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

    * (l)

    References

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    counterview

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opposing viewpoint.
  • A posture in which two persons face each other.
  • * Milton
    • Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, / In counterview .
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.
  • A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview or contrast with that of the other company.