interviewee

noun

in·​ter·​view·​ee ˌin-tər-(ˌ)vyü-ˈē How to pronounce interviewee (audio)
Synonyms of intervieweenext
: one who is interviewed

Examples of interviewee in a Sentence

He asked the interviewee some very personal questions.
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The star also gets a rough ride from many of the elementary school interviewees that allows the unlikely gardening enthusiast to embrace his more familiar manchild. Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026 Better to have dozens of funny, perceptive interviewees (Tina Fey, Conan O’Brien, John Mulaney, Adam Sandler, Lily Tomlin) piece it together, than to expect much from the guy who doesn’t care to self-analyze anyway. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 First, movies are workplaces, and Nirenberg’s interviewees reveal the stressful negotiations involved in the daily life of filmmaking—not only with executives and producers but also with directors, who, though employed by those very same businesspeople, are also the immediate bosses of the crew. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 By a margin of 5 votes to 4, LeVota beat out more than a dozen applicants and eight other interviewees for interim county executive, including former County Legislator Dan Tarwater III and current legislative candidate Justice Horn. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interviewee

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of interviewee was in 1884

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“Interviewee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/interviewee. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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