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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Dan Heching, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
In preparation for his final match, Cena has done the rounds with interviews over the course of the last week, most recently talking with a pro wrestling enthusiast and entertainment interviewer, Chris Van Vliet.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Kay entered a trainee program at Morgan Stanley—he’d chatted to his interviewer about Oxford and about soccer—and enjoyed the social life that meeting with clients offered.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
Many of the government’s critics were not shy in their remarks with our interviewers.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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