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interviewer

American  
[in-ter-vyoo-er] / ˈɪn tərˌvju ər /

noun

  • interviewers
    plural
  1. a person who interviews.

  2. a peephole in an entrance door.


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Etymology

Origin of interviewer

First recorded in 1865–70; interview + -er 1

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“In many ways, Hal Jordan was born for the role he would eventually play,” says his interviewer in a voiceover, listing all boxes of American heroism that he checks: Hal is an Air Force veteran.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

“It’s like I’m on stage every day,” he told an interviewer in 1993.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“How much they pay you?” the interviewer asked a woman in one video.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

"I can have up to three a day but some days I don't have any - it depends how I feel and what else is happening," he told a newspaper interviewer in 1989.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Several months before Barack was elected, I’d told a magazine interviewer that my primary focus in the White House would be to continue my role as “mom in chief” in our family.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

It also hinges on the interviewers, inspectors and epidemiologists willing to track down customers and trace ingredients back through their production and distribution networks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

After telling interviewers she wanted to play Grushenka in an adaptation of “The Brothers Karamazov,” they asked her if she could spell the character’s name.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

This speed comes from what Fontaine calls "parallelisation": instead of human interviewers working one by one, AI agents can conduct many interviews simultaneously.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

NewDays picked up the method, but swapped out the trained interviewers for an AI bot.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Like the men on her doorstep in the 1920s, some interviewers started with a focus on William, only to become interested in Elizebeth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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