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

At the 2014 Big Slick, an interviewer asked Sudeikis, along with co-hosts Paul Rudd and Rob Riggle, to name their favorite barbecue places. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025

One study found that an interviewer may decide on a candidate’s worth in as little as 30 seconds. —Justin Sablich, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025

Work orders for the water heater as well as the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system went ignored for months, hospital staff told state interviewers. —Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025

According to Mallick, punctuality is just as important for the interviewer as the interviewee. —Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 11 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