يجتاز المقابلة
“يجتاز المقابلة” (йаджтаазу аль-мукабалят) — to pass the interview in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. The same verb as in "passed the exam": an Arab crosses the interview too. To pass is to get across; to fail is to be turned back. In a live sentence: “يجتاز المقابلة الأولى” — He is passing the first interview. Written with the characters ي, ج, ت, ا, ز, ا, ل, م, ق, ا, ب, ل… A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | يجتاز المقابلة |
| Read in Latin letters | йаджтаазу аль-мукабалят |
| Translation | to pass the interview |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The same verb as in "passed the exam": an Arab crosses the interview too. To pass is to get across; to fail is to be turned back
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- يجتاز المقابلة الأولىйаджтаазу аль-мукабалят аль-ууляHe is passing the first interview
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to pass the interview” in Arabic?
«يجتاز المقابلة», read “йаджтаазу аль-мукабалят”. In a live sentence: “يجتاز المقابلة الأولى” — He is passing the first interview. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ي, ج, ت, ا, ز, ا, ل, م, ق, ا, ب, ل…
How is “يجتاز المقابلة” written in Latin letters?
йаджтаазу аль-мукабалят. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The same verb as in "passed the exam": an Arab crosses the interview too. To pass is to get across; to fail is to be turned back. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.