From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An
interview
is a conversation where somebody is trying to get
information
from another person. The person asking questions is the interviewer and the person answering questions is the interviewee.
Employers
interview people trying to get a
job
to find out if they are a good person for the job. Researchers use an interview to ask people to find how they feel or what they know about something. Since the middle 19th century,
[1]
interviews have often been used in
journalism
to get information for stories on
news
shows or in
newspapers
.
Police
interview
witnesses
to a
crime
to find out what happened.
Military intelligence
agents interview prisoners to learn about enemy plans and capabilities. These interviews are often called
interrogation
.