Interview: (noun) a face-to-face meeting of people for the purpose of consultation or investigation.
This modern term is one of the many words that English has borrowed and adapted from French. According to the OED, the term entered the English lexicon as early as the 16th century as an adaptation of the french verb s'entrevoir, which means "to see each other." Today, the french use the word un entretien to refer to the event Americans refer to as an interview. Perhaps the most revelatory aspect of the term is the imbedded preposition of entre and inter, both indicating that this is an event that takes place between at least two people.
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