interviewer

[ in-ter-vyoo-er ]

noun

1. a person who interviews.
2. a peephole in an entrance door.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interviewer¹

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

Example Sentences

If the interviewer is turned off by that, that’s a huge flag for me.

From 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.

From Washington Blade

It depends on the interviewer, their priorities and mood, as well as on my competition.

From Nautilus

In fact, what self-respecting New Yorker is going to tell an interviewer how satisfied they are with their life.

From Freakonomics

Gary Althoff, Veresen’s CEO, told an interviewer that Cohn had given him a commitment to work together.

From ProPublica

West chose wisely when he made Christa Buschendorf his interviewer.

From The Daily Beast

I still think of America,” she once told an interviewer, “as a colony of Europe.

From The Daily Beast

When Diana told a television interviewer that “there are three people in this marriage” her pain was obvious.

From The Daily Beast

One where there was little room for subjectivity, where the personal impression of the interviewer counted less.

From The Daily Beast

Mitchum sags against a couch, stares at the lights and waits for the Interviewer—the sixth of the day—to show up.

From The Daily Beast

I hoped I wasn't as inaccurate in my estimates of people as was my interviewer.

From Project Gutenberg

"I think I can find out," said the Interviewer, whose professional ambition was beginning to be excited.

From Project Gutenberg

As the Interviewer ran his eye over them, he found that he could make very little out of what their backs taught him.

From Project Gutenberg

The Interviewer had sense and tact enough not to offer him an orange, and so shift the balance of obligation.

From Project Gutenberg

The Interviewer had attempted the riddle of the Sphinx, and had failed to get the first hint of its solution.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• interrogator
• reporter