Meeting with candidate in Bury to contend with (9)
I believe the answer is:
interview
'meeting' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Formal meeting ' mean 'interview' so perhaps 'meeting' could also mean 'interview')
'bury to contend with' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'to contend' becomes 'vie' ('vie' can be a synonym of 'contend').
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'inter'+'vie'+'w'='INTERVIEW'
'with candidate in' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interview that I've seen before include "job talk" , "encounter" , "Oral examination" , "Formal discussion with a job applicant" , "Formal discussion with job seeker" .)