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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The interviewer then noted that Kirson later apologized and donated her profits from the festival to an unspecified human rights organization, and that the festival required comedians not to criticize the Saudi government.
—James Factora, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
The interviewer then would give us the address for another location, a training center where we were supposed to take classes in how to talk persuasively over the phone.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Stone and the interviewer in question reunited again at the festival in 2025, with another viral interaction.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Pally goes with the flow as well as anyone, which puts an interviewer at ease — as that’s when inadvertent insults can happen.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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James Factora, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
The interviewer then would give us the address for another location, a training center where we were supposed to take classes in how to talk persuasively over the phone.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Stone and the interviewer in question reunited again at the festival in 2025, with another viral interaction.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Pally goes with the flow as well as anyone, which puts an interviewer at ease — as that’s when inadvertent insults can happen.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 2025.
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