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 men sit across virtual desks from virtual interviewers who are both easygoing and hard-nosed to give them the tools for finding employment once they are released. —Haven Daley, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026

In later conversations with interviewers, the children claimed being touched inappropriately on set by Busfield in their private areas over their clothing, according to KOAT. —Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 10 Jan. 2026

Chieng appealed to the scientist in Dubner while absolutely owning the pop scientist, and that’s a gorgeous move for an interviewer. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026

Then, as the interviewer moved on to the next question, which was directed to his costar Paul Rudd, Black broke out into song. —Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 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