interviewer

interview interview ² verb [intransitive, transitive]

1. HUMAN RESOURCES to ask someone questions in a formal meeting in order to find out if they are suitable for a job:

• She was appointed without any other candidates being interviewed.

• I've been interviewing all afternoon.

interview somebody for something

• We interviewed twelve people for the job.

2. to ask someone, for example a politician, questions about their views or actions on television, for a newspaper etc:

• The chairman refused to be interviewed.

3. MARKETING to ask someone questions about a product or service, to find out how it can be improved or the best way to advertise it:

• A sample of 200 women were interviewed.

— interviewer noun [countable] :

• The interviewer should not ask about your marital status.

• her reputation as a tough political interviewer

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interviewer UK US /ˈɪntəvjuːə^r/ noun [C]

► HR, WORKPLACE the person who asks the questions in an interview to find out if someone is suitable for a job or course: »

A good interviewer would not lead the candidate to the desirable answer.

► MARKETING the person who asks the questions in an interview about a product or service, to find out what someone thinks about it: »

There are certain techniques to being a successful telephone interviewer.

► COMMUNICATIONS the person who asks the questions in an interview for a newspaper article, television show, etc.: »

""Half the population hates me"", he told a newspaper interviewer.