What is the difference between interview and interrogation?
interview | interrogation |
(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
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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.
A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
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The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
A question put; an inquiry.
A point, mark, or sign, thus , indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.
As nouns the difference between interview and interrogation
is that interview is an official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures while interrogation is the act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.As a verb interview
is to ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.interview
English
(wikipedia interview)Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- The reporter gave the witness an interview .
- It was a dreadful interview ; I have no hope of getting the job.
Derived terms
* exit interviewVerb
(en verb)- He interviewed the witness.
- The witness was interviewed .
- 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.