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
Dave GardettaThe 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
Michael LuoThe 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
Clare Morgana GillisExamples of interviewer in a Sentence
had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service
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The interviewer saw it instantly—this candidate lacked resilience.
—Ira Wolfe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
From game show hosts, old-timey movie types, interviewers, and persnickety chefs, to Bill Clinton, Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump, Phil Hartman indeed held Saturday Night Live together with his extraordinary talent.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The justice’s interviewer, Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, president of the Knight Foundation, asked about the role of the news media in a democracy.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Ira Wolfe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Host Conan O’Brien has told interviewers that his writers are still gauging the mood of Los Angeles.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
From game show hosts, old-timey movie types, interviewers, and persnickety chefs, to Bill Clinton, Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump, Phil Hartman indeed held Saturday Night Live together with his extraordinary talent.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The justice’s interviewer, Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, president of the Knight Foundation, asked about the role of the news media in a democracy.
—Adam Liptak, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for interviewer
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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