مقابلة
muqābalah
The Arabic word for interview is مقابلة (muqābalah).
مقابلة refers to a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. If you wish to specify a job interview, you can add the word for work, عمل, after the noun to form مقابلة عمل.
Meaning: a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The noun مقابلة is derived from a root meaning to face, meet or encounter someone.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of the noun مقابلة is مقابلات. The related verb قَابَلَ means to have an interview.
How do you pronounce it?
muqābalah. The stress in the pronunciation falls on the second syllable (the long 'a' sound).
Did you know?
- While English uses 'interview' for both journalists and employers, in Arabic, if a journalist is conducting an interview, they might use the word حوار, which means 'dialogue'.
- The term مقابلة is used in Arabic literature to describe a specific rhetorical device called 'antithesis', where two opposite ideas are placed side by side.
- In Arabic, the root of مقابلة is used to describe the 'opposite' side of a street or building, because they 'face' each other.
Examples in context
- بعد ظُهر هذا اليوم سيكون لدينا مقابلة.This afternoon we will have an interview.This sentence is useful for practicing the use of مقابلة.Tatoeba #1928249 by Asma, translation #1926396 by dexique
- لدي مقابلة اليوم في الشركة الكبيرة.I have an interview today at the big company.
- أنا ذاهب لمقابلة شخصية في البنك.I'm going for a personal interview at the bank.
- إن الحوار الذي أجريته كان لطيفًا ومفيدًا.The interview I had was pleasant and beneficial.
- كانت مقابلة العمل ناجحة جداً.kānat muqābalat al-'amal nājiḥa jiddan.The job interview was very successful.
- هل حددت موعد مقابلة الموظف الجديد؟hal ḥaddadta maw'id muqābalat al-muwaẓẓaf al-jadīd?Did you set the date for the new employee's interview?
Example conversation
Ahmed is telling Sarah about his day.
- أحمد Ahmedلقد انتهيت من مقابلة العمل يا سارة.Laqad antahaytu min muqabalat al-amal ya Sarah.I have finished the job interview, Sarah.
- سارة Saraهذا رائع! كيف سارت المقابلة؟Hadha ra'i'! Kayfa sarat al-muqabala?That's great! How did the interview go?
- أحمد Ahmedكانت جيدة جداً وأشعر بالتفاؤل.Kanat jayyida jiddan wa ash'uru bi-t-tafa'ul.It was very good and I feel optimistic.
- سارة Saraأتمنى أن تحصل على الوظيفة يا أحمد.Atamanna an tahsula ala al-wadhifa ya Ahmed.I hope you get the job, Ahmed.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
