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 of interviewer

• 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

The framework for a deal was consummated in a matter of days, Iger told interviewers last week. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Platforms including Cluely, Interview Coder, and Final Round AI render answers on the candidate’s own display, outside the layer a screen share captures, while transcribing the interviewer’s audio as the conversation happens. — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Hinckley’s interviewer, Mark Joseph, is the producer of the movie Reagan, which originally came out in 2024, starring Dennis Quaid as the former president, as well as Penelope Ann Miller and Jon Voight. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026

Polished suits and other types of professional business attire — the typical recommendation of career advisers in years past — no longer are the default option when interviewers may show up in hoodies and shorts. — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

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