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interviewee

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[in-ter-vyoo-ee, in-ter-vyoo-ee] / ˈɪn tər vyuˌi, ˌɪn tər vyuˈi /

noun

  1. a person who is interviewed.


Etymology

Origin of interviewee

First recorded in 1880–85; interview + -ee

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The surprise star of the film is John Waters, a very funny interviewee whose close friendship with Oliver had a sort of opposites-attract logic: The pope of trash meets the poet of nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Odds swung whenever a new Bessent interviewee was revealed and whenever the president made an offhand comment on any potential nominee.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Her first interviewee stutters, “Uh, heaven, heaven is, uh, um, let me see.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

In contrast, “romance never worked in her life,” as one interviewee in the film says.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025

I was very confused about why the window was set up in such a way that the human connection was lost between the interviewer and the interviewee.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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