Breakdown of На собеседование кандидаты заходили поодиночке.
на
to
собеседование
the interview
кандидат
the candidate
поодиночке
one by one
Questions & Answers about На собеседование кандидаты заходили поодиночке.
Why is it на собеседование and not в собеседование?
In Russian, на is often used with events, appointments, and activities:
- на собеседование = to an interview
- на встречу = to a meeting
- на урок = to a lesson
- на концерт = to a concert
So на собеседование means to the interview in the sense of going there to take part in it.
By contrast, в is more typical for going into a physical enclosed space:
- в комнату = into the room
- в офис = into the office
Russian treats собеседование more like an event than like a container, so на is the normal choice.
What case is собеседование here?
It is accusative singular.
Why? Because на can take different cases, and here it expresses direction toward a destination, so it takes the accusative:
- идти на собеседование = to go to an interview
- прийти на собеседование = to arrive for an interview
Since собеседование is a neuter inanimate noun, its nominative and accusative forms look the same:
- nominative: собеседование
- accusative: собеседование
Why is кандидаты in the nominative plural?