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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And there’s been nothing more interesting than the conversations with people who have watched it, having conversations with interviewers who are interested in all the elements of the film and its release.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The campaign manager of a Miami-Dade mayoral candidate won’t face charges including statutory rape after his 17-year-old accuser recanted his statements to prosecutors, to television interviewers and on social media.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (125) and cellphones (699) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (191).
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One curious interviewer asked tight end Russ Francis to describe what soon became known as the West Coast offense.
—Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The campaign manager of a Miami-Dade mayoral candidate won’t face charges including statutory rape after his 17-year-old accuser recanted his statements to prosecutors, to television interviewers and on social media.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (125) and cellphones (699) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (191).
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
One curious interviewer asked tight end Russ Francis to describe what soon became known as the West Coast offense.
—Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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