interviewees
Those being questioned
Interviewees are people being interviewed—job candidates facing hiring managers, subjects answering a journalist's questions, or participants in research studies.
The word emphasizes their role as the ones responding rather than asking: The interviewees waited nervously in the lobby.
Compare interviewer, the person conducting the interview.
Those actively involved
- subjectsAreas of study
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- informantsPeople providing secret intelligence
- focus groupModerated consumer research session
qualitative · ethnography · oral history · testimony · narrative · transcript · recording · consent
Career summary document
- qualificationsProof of competence
- cover letterJob application preface
- referencesSources cited for verification
- portfolioCollected works or assets
experience · skills · job seekers · candidates · shortlist · applicant pool · recruitment · background check
People received hospitably
- sourcesPoints of origin
- subjectsAreas of study
- soundbiteBrief broadcast excerpt
- on-cameraVisible in footage
spokesperson · newsmaker · profile · feature · podcast · broadcast · press · journalist
Choosing beforehand from candidates
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
shortlisting · competencies · suitability · credentials · selection · aptitude · profiling · qualifying
participants
Those actively involved
- subjectsAreas of study
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- informantsPeople providing secret intelligence
focus group · qualitative · ethnography · oral history · testimony · narrative · transcript · recording · consent · anonymity
resume
Career summary document
- qualificationsProof of competence
- cover letterJob application preface
- referencesSources cited for verification
portfolio · experience · skills · job seekers · candidates · shortlist · applicant pool · recruitment · background check · eligibility
guests
People received hospitably
on-camera · spokesperson · newsmaker · profile · feature · podcast · broadcast · press · journalist · reporter
preselection
Choosing beforehand from candidates
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
- background checkInvestigation of someone's history
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · shortlisting · competencies · suitability · credentials · selection · aptitude · profiling · qualifying · elimination
- job seekersapplicants, candidates, job seekers, prospects, graduates
- campus visitorsparents, alumni, guest speakers, recruiters, donors
- discussion rolespanelists, speakers, moderators, debaters, respondents
intervieweesinterviewers
People who question candidates
questioners · hiring managers · examiners · interrogators · recruiters