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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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Peter Benchley, who wrote both the 1974 novel the film was based on and the screenplay, acted as an interviewer, as well.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 20 June 2025
For Tedeschi, the key to utilizing the Maysles’ footage was taking advantage of their talent as interviewers.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
In 2003, an interviewer bluntly asked whether Xi Jinping had enjoyed a privileged lifestyle as a child.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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