interviewer

UK/ˈɪntəvjuːə/US/ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/

nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,040 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: interviewers

An interviewer is somebody who asks the questions in an interview. A patient interviewer.

The skill is silence as much as questions, since people fill a pause. A good interviewer prepares enough to abandon the list entirely.

Definitions of interviewer

1nouninterviewerSomebody who asks the questions in an interview.B1+
“The interviewer said nothing for eleven seconds and got the answer.”

interviewer is a person.

Where it comes from

Old French
entreveue
English
interview
English, today
interviewer

Built from

vëoir · Old French — to see

From interview + -er. 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

interviewer in the wild

The traditionally two-person interview format, sometimes called a one-on-one interview, permits direct questions and follow-ups, which enable an interviewer to better gauge the accuracy and relevance of responses.
Interview
The interviewer sits in front of a computer screen.
Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
Automated dialers are usually deployed to lower the waiting time for the interviewer, as well as to record the interview for quality purposes.
Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
If no interviewer is present, the term Computer-Assisted Self Interviewing (CASI) may be used.
Computer-assisted personal interviewing
Eugene Arthur Okerlund was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host.
Gene Okerlund

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Related words

the vëoir family

interview

interviewer — used about once every 7,814 pages · #11,040 · point at the bar for the others

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