Interview vs. Audition

Interviewnoun

(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

Interviewnoun

Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.

Interviewnoun

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.

Interviewnoun

A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.

Interviewnoun

An audition.

Interviewnoun

A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

Interviewverb

To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.

Interviewverb

To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Interviewnoun

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

Interviewnoun

A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.

Interviewverb

To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

Interviewnoun

the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists;

Interviewnoun

a conference (usually with someone important);

Interviewverb

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

Interviewverb

discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation;

Interviewverb

go for an interview in the hope of being hired;

Interviewnoun

a meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation.

Interviewnoun

a conversation between a journalist or radio or television presenter and a person of public interest, used as the basis of a broadcast or publication

Interviewnoun

an oral examination of an applicant for a job, college place, etc.

Interviewnoun

a session of formal questioning of a person by the police.

Interviewverb

hold an interview with (someone)

Interviewverb

perform (well or badly) at an interview.

Interview

An interview is essentially a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. In common parlance, the word refers to a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee.

Auditionnoun

(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

Auditionnoun

(uncountable) The sense of hearing.

Auditionnoun

An act of hearing.

Auditionnoun

(rare) Something heard.

Auditionverb

(transitive) To evaluate one or more performers in through an audition.

Auditionverb

(intransitive) To take part in such a performance.

Auditionnoun

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

Auditionnoun

the ability to hear; the auditory faculty;

Auditionnoun

a test of the suitability of a performer

Auditionverb

perform in order to get a role;

Audition

An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performer. It typically involves the performer displaying their talent through a previously memorized and rehearsed solo piece or by performing a work or piece given to the performer at the audition or shortly before.