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

The 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

The 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

Synonyms of interviewer

• inquirer
• questioner
• pollster

Examples of interviewer in a Sentence

had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service

Recent Examples on the Web

This year, voters identified as Democrats on the voter file were less likely to be contacted successfully for the poll than Republicans, regardless of whether they were contacted by a text message or live phone interviewer. — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

For these polls, interviewers placed more than 480,000 calls to more than 170,000 voters. — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

At more than half the locations, on-site staff declined to answer questions or allow the interviewers access. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Most still rely on whatever the interviewer manages to type or scribble in the moment. — Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interviewer

• bluer
• breuer
• brewer
• couper
• ewer
• fewer
• fluor
• hewer
• newer
• sewer
• skewer
• truer