interviewer

[ in-ter-vyoo-er ]

/ ˈɪn tərˌvyu ər /

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noun

a person who interviews.

a peephole in an entrance door.

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Origin of interviewer

First recorded in 1865–70; interview + -er¹

Words nearby interviewer

intervertebral, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, interview, interviewee, interviewer, inter vivos, intervocalic, intervolve, interwar, interweave

How to use interviewer in a sentence

If the interviewer is turned off by that, that’s a huge flag for me.
For younger job seekers, diversity and inclusion in the workplace aren’t a preference. They’re a requirement.|Jennifer Miller|February 18, 2021|Washington Post
Leachman told interviewers that the show’s powers-that-be had to remind her that the star of the show was Lassie, not her.
Celebrating Leachman’s wonderful work, fearless life|Kathi Wolfe|February 5, 2021|Washington Blade
It depends on the interviewer, their priorities and mood, as well as on my competition.
The Joys of Being a Stoic - Issue 92: Frontiers|Massimo Pigliucci|November 4, 2020|Nautilus
In fact, what self-respecting New Yorker is going to tell an interviewer how satisfied they are with their life.
Is New York City Over? (Ep. 434)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 8, 2020|Freakonomics

Gary Althoff, Veresen’s CEO, told an interviewer that Cohn had given him a commitment to work together.
It’s His Land. Now a Canadian Company Gets to Take It.|by Lee van der Voo for ProPublica|October 1, 2020|ProPublica
West chose wisely when he made Christa Buschendorf his interviewer.
Cornel West’s Disappointing Decline|David Masciotra|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I still think of America,” she once told an interviewer, “as a colony of Europe.
Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Diana told a television interviewer that “there are three people in this marriage” her pain was obvious.
Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland|Clive Irving|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One where there was little room for subjectivity, where the personal impression of the interviewer counted less.
Men Without a Country: Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, My Father and Me|Arthur Chu|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mitchum sags against a couch, stares at the lights and waits for the Interviewer—the sixth of the day—to show up.
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hoped I wasn't as inaccurate in my estimates of people as was my interviewer.
Sense from Thought Divide|Mark Irvin Clifton
"I think I can find out," said the Interviewer, whose professional ambition was beginning to be excited.
A Mortal Antipathy|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
As the Interviewer ran his eye over them, he found that he could make very little out of what their backs taught him.
A Mortal Antipathy|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Interviewer had sense and tact enough not to offer him an orange, and so shift the balance of obligation.
A Mortal Antipathy|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Interviewer had attempted the riddle of the Sphinx, and had failed to get the first hint of its solution.
A Mortal Antipathy|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.