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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

is interviewing OR is being interviewed?

Hi,

I am having problems understanding the highlighted sentence (see the quotation below).

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In the booklet, you meet the applicant Danielle Winter, an American. She’s interviewing at Esperanto Relocation Services in London. She has applied for the position of relocation specialist for foreign clients.

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Why not she's being interviewed at Esperanto...?

Thank you!

mus-te
  

Top answer

I think an American would agree with you, mus-te; I use it that way, at least. But I have seen it used in active voice also, for both interviewer and interviewee. Both are in the dictionary: - to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate: to interview a job applicant; to interview the president.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think an American would agree with you, mus-te; I use it that way, at least.
  • But I have seen it used in active voice also, for both interviewer and interviewee.
  • Both are in the dictionary: - to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate: to interview a job applicant; to interview the president.
  • - to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes followed by with ): She interviewed with eight companies before accepting a job.
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I think an American would agree with you, mus-te; I use it that way, at least. But I have seen it used in active voice also, for both interviewer and interviewee. Both are in the dictionary:

- to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate: to interview a job applicant; to interview the president.
- to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes follo
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I see. Thank you Mister Micawber!
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