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

• inquirer
• questioner
• 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

Both play and book seem to end midstream, much as the actress soured on her interviewer in real life. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025

Over half of candidates say interviewers showered them with excessive praise and flattery during hiring rounds, only to be offered a low salary and unfit job title. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2025

If culture fit does enter the conversation, ask follow-up questions to get to the root of the interviewer's concern. —Dieneria Brown, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025

The Assembly, in which a group of inquisitive interviewers who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled grill celebrities, will return for a seven-episode run. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interviewer

• bluer
• breuer
• brewer
• couper
• ewer
• fewer
• fluor
• hewer
• newer
• sewer
• skewer
• truer