One takes an exam, but what about a job interview?

As far as exams go, you take one, and then you pass it or fail it.

How about job interviews? If you succeed, you can say you passed the interview. But what if you don't know the result? What's the right verb for participating in a job interview as the interviewee?

Yesterday I ??? my first interview at Bloomberg but I don't know if I have passed yet and therefore if there is going to be a second one.

NGrams shows there is this valid phrase - to take an interview, but it seems to mean to interview someone.

Solution 1:

People either have, had, or are having an interview.

Yesterday I had my first interview at Bloomberg but I don't know if I have passed yet and therefore if there is going to be a second one.

You can also simply use interviewed.

Yesterday I interviewed at Bloomberg but I don't know if I have passed yet and therefore if there is going to be a second one.

Solution 2:

Interview (countable, uncountable) a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job, course of study etc

Usages:

Have an interview:

• She has an interview next week for a teaching job in Paris.

go for an interview (also attend an interview formal):

• I went for an interview at a software company yesterday.

get an interview:

He was one of only five people to get an interview out of more than 100 people who applied.

be called/invited for (an) interview:

a Applicants who are called for interview may be asked to have a medical exam.

do an interview (also conduct an interview formal):

• The interview was conducted in French.

give somebody an interview (=interview someone):

• We gave her an interview, but decided not to offer her the job.

From Longman Dictionary