interviewee

[ in-ter-vyoo-ee, in-ter-vyoo-ee ]

/ ˈɪn tər vyuˌi, ˌɪn tər vyuˈi /

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noun

a person who is interviewed.

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Origin of interviewee

First recorded in 1880–85; interview + -ee

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How to use interviewee in a sentence

Talk Hiring scores interviewees on their responses, taking into account factors such whether their answers contained a problem, action, and result, as well as the pace and volume of their voice.
Looking for work? Here’s how to write a résumé that an AI will love.|Sheridan Wall, Hilke Schellmann|August 4, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Many streamers, broadcasters, interviewees, musicians, and others who frequently use microphones might need to adjust from their familiar position to accommodate this.
Samson Q9U review: A studio-worthy mobile-friendly mic|Tony Ware|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science
Steve Martin and Martin Short flip the talk-show-guest script by mocking the host, while Zach Galifianakis botches each entrance as the interviewee du jour by struggling with the curtain to the stage or bursting through the top of O’Brien’s desk.
Conan O’Brien’s late-night run appropriately ends with him as the beloved butt of the joke|Inkoo Kang|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
Most interviewees attributed these experiences to meditating, but it’s important to note that the study authors didn’t rule out other factors nor did they establish that meditating caused these experiences.
Meditation isn’t always calming. For a select few, it may lead to psychosis.|Claire Maldarelli|June 21, 2021|Popular-Science

Married interviewees born in the 1990s, acclimatised to only-child culture, have adopted a “wait and see” approach towards the possibility of having even a second child.
China’s Three-Child Policy Is Unlikely To Be Welcomed By Working Women|LGBTQ-Editor|June 7, 2021|No Straight News
An amiable interviewee, he was more than willing to chat about acting technique, his wide range of screen roles, and much more.
The Great Character Actor: Guy Pearce on His Brilliant Career, From ‘Priscilla’ to ‘The Rover’|Richard Porton|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A later skit on 30 Rock featured the “Walters” interviewer, played by Rachel Dratch, encourage her interviewee to “glerg.”
Don’t Remember Barbara Walters for ‘The View’|Tim Teeman|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once the subject was dealt with, once the interviewee had left the green room, it would be wiped clean.
‘A Fiery Tribune’|Clive Irving|September 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the words of one interviewee: “I have faith in the fact that the United States and President Obama are true to their word.”
Not-Just-Sarah Silverman For Obama|Emily L. Hauser|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Our careful journalistic distance from the interviewee evaporated.
Draw the Line: How Israel Erases Itself|Gershom Gorenberg|March 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Somehow both interviewer and interviewee avoid the ugly word whenever possible.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration