Synonyms of interviewing

interviewing

verb

present participle of interview

as in surveying

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surveying
• canvassing
• questioning
• polling
• soliciting
• interrogating
• circularizing
• feeling (out)
• sounding (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reporting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of interviewing

When a number changes overnight, no one can identify the definition change without interviewing the analyst. — Gopichand Mannava, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

With decades of experience, the ABC World News Tonight and 20/20 journalist and anchor has done it all — from moderating presidential debates, to interviewing world leaders as well as bringing light to humanitarian crises. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Investigators are still working to determine exactly what happened inside the house, and Hartman said officers encountered inconsistencies while interviewing those who were there. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The director follows the couple in their rounds of collecting, interviewing the merchants at an antique shop and a rug shop about this distinctive pair of customers. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Available on podcast platforms and YouTube, the show features Ski interviewing celebrities, lifestyle experts and politicians in person. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Bush has spent much of his career interviewing celebrities and reporting from major entertainment events. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Does the ingredient list look promising, based on our collective decades spent interviewing chemists about the difference between capable ingredients and frivolous ones? — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026

The Times examined the county’s restraining order process, compiling data from hundreds of thousands of cases, and interviewing dozens of domestic abuse and harassment victims, attorneys and victim service providers. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026