يتدرب المرشح على مقابلة العمل.

يتدرب means he trains, he practices, or he is training/practicing.

In this sentence, it refers to the candidate preparing himself by practicing for something. So depending on context, it could be understood as:

• The candidate trains for the job interview
• The candidate practices for the job interview
• The candidate is practicing for the job interview

Arabic present-tense verbs often cover both simple present and present progressive in English.

The prefix يـ usually marks the third person masculine singular in the present/imperfect tense.

So:

• يتدرب = he practices / he is practicing

If you changed the subject, the verb would change too. For example:

• أتدرب = I practice
• تتدرب = you practice or she practices
• يتدرب = he practices

Since المرشح is masculine singular, يتدرب matches it.

Because Arabic very commonly uses verb–subject order, especially in Modern Standard Arabic.

So:

• يتدرب المرشح = The candidate is practicing
• المرشح يتدرب = also correct, but with a slightly different emphasis

Both are grammatical. The version beginning with the verb is very normal in MSA.

المرشح means the candidate.

The prefix الـ is the Arabic definite article, equivalent to the in English.

So:

• مرشح = a candidate
• المرشح = the candidate

This word can also mean nominee in some contexts, but here it clearly means candidate.

In Arabic, تدرّب على is the normal expression for to train for, to practice for, or to train on something.

So the structure is:

• تدرّب على شيء = to practice/train for something

In this sentence:

• يتدرب على مقابلة العمل = he is practicing for the job interview

This is just how the verb is commonly used. English says practice for, while Arabic often uses على here.

Literally, مقابلة العمل means something like the interview of work.

But in natural English, it means:

• the job interview
• the employment interview

This is a very common Arabic noun combination, where one noun is linked to another to show a relationship.

Yes. مقابلة العمل is an iḍāfa (construct phrase).

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun is possessed or specified by the second noun
• the first noun does not take ال
• the definiteness of the whole phrase depends on the second noun

Here:

• مقابلة = interview
• العمل = the work / the job

So:

• مقابلة العمل = the job interview

Because العمل is definite, the whole phrase is definite.

Because in an iḍāfa, the first noun normally does not take الـ.

So Arabic says:

• مقابلة العمل

not:

• المقابلة العمل ❌

Even though the whole phrase is definite in meaning, the definiteness comes from the second noun, العمل.

This is one of the most important patterns in Arabic grammar.

The ة is called tāʾ marbūṭa. When a word stands alone, it is often pronounced like -a:

• مقابلة → muqābala

But when the word is followed by another word in an iḍāfa, the ة is pronounced as t:

• مقابلة العمل → muqābalat al-ʿamal

So in this sentence, learners should expect to hear that t sound.

The verb is in the present/imperfect tense.

In English, that can correspond to several meanings depending on context:

• The candidate practices for the job interview
• The candidate is practicing for the job interview
• sometimes even The candidate will practice for the job interview, if the context suggests the future

Without extra context, the most natural English translation is usually is practicing or practices.

Yes. In fully vocalized MSA, the sentence would show case endings, but they are usually omitted in normal Arabic writing.

Fully vocalized, it would be approximately:

• يَتَدَرَّبُ المُرَشَّحُ عَلَى مُقَابَلَةِ العَمَلِ

The endings reflect grammar:

• يتدربُ → verb ending
• المرشحُ → nominative, because it is the subject
• مقابلةِ → genitive after على
• العملِ → genitive because it is the second noun in the iḍāfa

In ordinary writing, these short vowels are normally left out.

A careful pronunciation is roughly:

• al-murashshaḥ

Things to notice:

• the شّ has a shadda, so the sh sound is doubled
• the last letter ح is ḥāʾ, a stronger, throatier sound than English h

So it is not just murashah. The ending sound is deeper and more back in the throat.

Yes. مقابلة can mean:

• interview
• meeting
• encounter

The exact meaning depends on context. In مقابلة العمل, it clearly means job interview.

Yes. You can also say:

• المرشح يتدرب على مقابلة العمل

That is also correct. The meaning is essentially the same:

• The candidate is practicing for the job interview

The version with the verb first is especially common in formal written Arabic.

A common indefinite version would be:

• مقابلة عمل

This means a job interview.

Compare:

• مقابلة العمل = the job interview
• مقابلة عمل = a job interview

The difference comes from definiteness, especially in the second noun of the phrase.

No, not a direct object in the usual sense.

The sentence has:

• a verb: يتدرب
• a subject: المرشح
• a prepositional phrase: على مقابلة العمل

So the candidate is not directly acting on the interview as a direct object. Instead, Arabic expresses the idea with the preposition على:

• he practices for/on the job interview

This is why the noun after على is in the genitive case in fully vocalized Arabic.