Definition of interviewernext
as in inquirer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service

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Recent Examples of interviewer As the interviewer, Clark had a responsibility to identify the absurdity of the claim. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Any interviewer with distance from Jay, or perhaps refined skills as a journalist, may have approached the tracks more directly, and some topics here feel like they’re weighted with unturned stones. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Rather than hopping on a phone or Zoom call with a human recruiter, candidates are increasingly being asked to speak with an AI interviewer as the first step in the hiring process. — Sophie Caldwell juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 One interviewer told us that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan personally intervened and persuaded a wealthy interviewee to participate. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interviewer
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Noun
  • In the performance & results phase, your role is that of an inquirer.
    — Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Notably, the questioner asked about increasing nuclear or gas generation, not clean energy, to deal with cost.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • What kind of a position is that for the interviewer or the questioner to assume?
    — Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Independent Leadership Council pollster Brett Loyd attributed Kiley’s increase to a larger number of voters in the district who have unfavorable views of both major political parties.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The pollster and the newspaper described the lawsuit as a conspiracy theory and an affront to free speech protections.
    — Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewer. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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