interviewer

noun

in·​ter·​view·​er ˈin-tər-ˌvyü-ər 

plural interviewers

: a person who conducts an interview : one (such as a journalist or prospective employer) who obtains information from another by asking a series of questions

"I never thought I would live to see this day," John Lewis, King's former Selma ally, tells an NPR interviewer on the afternoon of my arrival.

—Dave Gardetta

The meeting with the interviewer had lasted 10 minutes. The man did not even open a folder in front of him to study Mr. Rucker's résumé.

—Michael Luo

The next evening, a Libyan state-TV crew came to film us. The segment, in which an interviewer asked us to describe the rebels—I said "happy," Manu said "stoned," and Jim said "ill-equipped"—never aired, probably because our black eyes and bruises wouldn't have played well.

—Clare Morgana Gillis

Synonyms

• canvasser
• canvaser
• poller
• pollster

Examples of interviewer in a Sentence

had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service

Recent Examples on the Web

Aubrey Plaza not only plays a character named Wow Platinum, a salacious interviewer looking to marry into wealth, but somehow frees herself of any embarrassment while doing so. —Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024

Our polls are conducted by telephone, using live interviewers, in both English and Spanish. —Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 14 May 2024

In exploring whether such (perhaps inevitable) errors keep immigration officials awake at night, Alfonso imagines a case where approval had been given to a mass shooter in Harlem and how that decision haunts the interviewer. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih told interviewer Dina Powell McCormick of BDT & MSD Partners that the country’s investments in renewables and other areas are paying off. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 9 May 2024

In an interview with the Inside Total Film podcast, actor Kevin Durand discussed his character’s connection to the tech titan after the interviewers compared Proximus to Musk. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 May 2024

Before the interview gets underway, the singer has a question for the interviewer. —Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2024

Do not disclose to interviewers that a candidate was referred by someone inside the company. —Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024

More than half say they’ve been asked discriminatory questions, particularly regarding age and race, by interviewers—a 20% year-over-year jump. —Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above