interviewee

American  

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

noun

1. a person who is interviewed.

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Etymology

Origin of interviewee

First recorded in 1880–85; interview + -ee

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Example Sentences

She is not the only interviewee to cite something that comes across as more of a wistful regret than an actual blunder.

From The Wall Street Journal

As one interviewee says, with some degree of understatement, Sun Ra was “wired a little differently.”

From The Wall Street Journal

A reassuring face on morning television in the US, Savannah Guthrie now finds herself at the same intersection of hope and dread that has defined many of her interviewees.

From BBC

Multiple interviewees told AFP that, compared to the early years of the national security law, Hong Kong authorities have made fewer high-profile moves against journalists in recent months.

From Barron's

The tone is established by the film’s very first interviewee, who struggles to complete the sentence beginning “Heaven is” amid a flurry of pauses and false starts.

From The Wall Street Journal