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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Per Variety and Deadline, the 12 interviewers were offered the opportunity to speak to the trio for 20 minutes as a group after initially being given 15 minutes in two groups of six.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Editors’ Picks Darren Criss Does the Robot Image Throughout her career, Ms. Sagan was defiant, facing interviewers with a brittle sophistication.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
However, not all of the AI is without flaws, causing some job candidates to record eerie if not totally ruined interviews when their AI interviewer glitches or fails altogether.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
There is legal precedent for interviewees and interviewers to set enforceable parameters.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Editors’ Picks Darren Criss Does the Robot Image Throughout her career, Ms. Sagan was defiant, facing interviewers with a brittle sophistication.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
However, not all of the AI is without flaws, causing some job candidates to record eerie if not totally ruined interviews when their AI interviewer glitches or fails altogether.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
There is legal precedent for interviewees and interviewers to set enforceable parameters.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for interviewer
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interviewer. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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