单词 | pre-interview |
释义 | pre-interviewadj.n. A. adj. Taking place or provided prior to an interview. ΚΠ 1935 Los Angeles Times 17 Mar. ii. 1/8 That, per pre-interview warning, is a ‘defendu’ subject for popular discussion. Meaning ‘verboten’. 1955 L. P. Thorpe Mental Health in Mod. Educ. II. xi. 264 The students served are required to fill out a preinterview inventory concerned with their previous history, personality traits, and present college activities. 1967 Time (Electronic ed.) 19 May Lesser-known prospects get screened at pre-interview sessions. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Sept. Share their agonies over filling in application forms, their pre-interview nerves and the celebrations when they are offered their first jobs. B. n. Originally and chiefly U.S. A preparatory meeting or conversation conducted prior to an interview. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > counsel or consultation > previous preconsultation1606 pre-interview1958 1958 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 53 517 A thorough pre-enumeration of the entire segment or block before subsampling should provide good coverage. This will involve knocking at most doors and conducting a short pre-interview. 1993 H. Stern Private Parts xi. 291 For a few days before the appearance, they were trying to get in touch with me for a pre-interview. 2004 Radio Times (Nexis) 29 May 35 There's no pre-interview, it's not scripted—we're having real conversations, and I need to know my stuff. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1935 |
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