interviewee

Noun

Meaning

a person who is interviewed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

subject aspirant petitioner candidate competitor contestant applicant contender hopeful respondent entrant interlocutor responder suppliant answerer
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Antonyms

pal friend ally listener interviewer pariah
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Hypernyms

respondent responder answerer

Examples

The filmed interview is an art extemporized under difficult conditions and successful only when the interviewee hasn't prepared his replies beforehand. Damian Pettigrew

Internet marketing entrepreneurs have truly opened my eyes to just how important a quick turnaround time can be. Often times, an interview they conduct with me today is online by the next morning. The interviewee is then able to start making money less than 24 hours after the initial interview. Marc Ostrofsky

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview. John Hawkes

When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee. Juan Manuel Santos

An interviewee in the documentary The Search for Robert Johnson (1991) suggests that owing to poverty and lack of transportation Johnson is most likely to have been buried in a pauper's grave (or " potter's field ") very near where he died. Source: Internet

Even if no outright confessions are obtained, minor details and discrepancies that come out in supposedly innocent conversation can be used to chip away at the interviewee. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

interview with a job applicant interview-worthy interviewable interviewer intervieweress interviewing