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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Pally goes with the flow as well as anyone, which puts an interviewer at ease — as that’s when inadvertent insults can happen.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Miller is an expert interviewer and has given cinephiles a real gift as a candid Scorsese talks about his battles with drugs and his connection to faith.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His media training and a need to keep his interviewer at arm’s length yank him in one direction, while a desire to express himself and his beliefs offer counter force.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Interview shows are ultimately the story of the interviewer, and across nearly 1,700 episodes, WTF told the tale of a man coming into his own — learning, evolving, and practicing a kind of hard-won self-acceptance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Miller is an expert interviewer and has given cinephiles a real gift as a candid Scorsese talks about his battles with drugs and his connection to faith.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His media training and a need to keep his interviewer at arm’s length yank him in one direction, while a desire to express himself and his beliefs offer counter force.
—Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Interview shows are ultimately the story of the interviewer, and across nearly 1,700 episodes, WTF told the tale of a man coming into his own — learning, evolving, and practicing a kind of hard-won self-acceptance.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Oct. 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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