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

She told the BBC’s Evening Extra programme that he was “one of the last great interviewers of the Belfast Agreement time”.

From BBC

At Amazon’s studios, she sits in a bouclé armchair on her podcast set, dressed like a demure interviewer: patent leather loafers, cuffed jeans, a sweater set, a string of pearls.

From Los Angeles Times

Recalling the interview in 2002 he told the BBC that Sir Robin "was just looking, as interviewers do, to create trouble".

From BBC

"The mindset of every interviewer now in politics is not illumination. It is prosecution."

From Salon

"To be honest, I sometimes think about quitting," she tells an off-camera interviewer.

From BBC

Related Words

• interrogator
• reporter