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

An ace interviewer, she has also often been interviewed on radio and TV shows. —Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

Because a sure way to avoid getting one is to correct the interviewers. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025

This death does not make Beto a more tactful interviewer. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025

Josh will cover topics such as finding your voice as an interviewer, dos and don’ts that have served him well, plus practical tips for building a podcast and crafting a career in the entertainment industry. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Aug. 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