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

Examples of interviewer in a Sentence

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

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Ward has become arguably the best interviewer in the combat sports space, and he’s just getting started. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 One commenter recommended that the woman report the interviewer on the anonymous company review website, Glassdoor. —

Tabitha Parent, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024 Asali isn’t the only interviewer who asks questions that probe at people’s self-awareness and ego control. —

Alex Koller, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024 Ryan, then America’s sweetheart and established queen of the rom-com, had around that time changed direction, appearing in Jane Campion’s erotic thriller The Cut, and UK interviewer Michael Parkinson grilled her on her decision to appear nude. —

Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for interviewer