Trying to get an interview with the top man (7)
I believe the answer is:
seeking
'trying' is the definition.
('seek' can be a synonym of 'try')
'an interview with the top man' is the wordplay.
'an interview' becomes 'see' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the top man' becomes 'king' ().
'see'+'king'='SEEKING'
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for seeking that I've seen before include "Looking for something" , "Searching for" , "On the hunt for" , "Applying" , "on search mission" .)