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 duo stood side-by-side in a TikTok video where an interviewer asked them about their worst dates.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.
—Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Federal funding from the Victims of Crime Act once covered Abbott House’s entire forensic interview program, with comfortable conversation rooms and three interviewers.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
The victim, who is under the age of 14, later told a forensic interviewer that she was assaulted twice.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.
—Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Federal funding from the Victims of Crime Act once covered Abbott House’s entire forensic interview program, with comfortable conversation rooms and three interviewers.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
The victim, who is under the age of 14, later told a forensic interviewer that she was assaulted twice.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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