interviewee

UK/ˌɪn.tə.vjuːˈiː/US/ˌɪn.tɚ.vjuːˈiː/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,193 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: interviewees

An interviewee is the person being questioned in an interview. Put the interviewee at ease.

The ending -ee marks the one on the receiving end, as in employee and trainee. An interviewee who asks good questions is remembered longer than one with good answers.

Definitions of interviewee

1nounintervieweeThe person being questioned in an interview.B2+
“The interviewee had prepared for the wrong job entirely.”

interviewee is a person.

Where it comes from

Old French
entreveue
English
interview
English, today
interviewee

Built from

vëoir · Old French — to see

From interview + -ee. interview comes from Old French entreveue, from entreveoir. From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

interviewee in the wild

In common parlance, the word "interview" refers to a one-on-one between an interviewer and an interviewee.
Interview
The interviewer asks questions to which the interviewee responds, usually providing information.
Interview
A key distinction in person-centered interviewing is that between interviewees as informants and as respondents.
Person-centered ethnography
Not surprisingly, asking about these more intimate topics generally requires much longer acquaintance with an interviewee than do questions about more publicly available knowledge.
Person-centered ethnography
The second stage, called "Level Checks", helps identify what the interviewee can do and finds the highest level of sustained performance by the speaker (floor).
Oral Proficiency Interview

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Related words

the vëoir family

interview

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