interviewers
They ask candidates
Interviewers are people who conduct interviews—asking questions to gather information, assess candidates, or elicit stories.
Job interviewers evaluate applicants for positions.
Journalists interview sources for articles.
Researchers interview subjects for studies.
The interviewers asked about my experience with project management.
The role requires balancing structure with responsiveness to unexpected answers.
Hiring agents
- hiring managersStaff selection authorities
- HREmployee management department
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- resumesJob applicants' summaries
qualifications · screening · panel · shortlist · assessment · selection · job seekers · applicants
Requests for information
- answersReactions to queries
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- listeningAttending to sound
follow-up · probing · exchange · discussion · interaction · communication · body language · eye contact
Seeking answers through inquiry
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
deposition · testimony · witness · detectives · investigators · suspects · confession · pressure
Those who gather news
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
press · newsroom · broadcast · columnists · sources · soundbites · exclusive · coverage
Areas of study
- participantsThose actively involved
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- questionnairesForms collecting structured responses
- surveysSystematic information gathering
focus groups · data collection · qualitative · ethnographers · fieldwork · oral history · anthropologists · sociologists
recruiters
Hiring agents
- hiring managersStaff selection authorities
- HREmployee management department
- candidatesThose seeking selection
resumes · qualifications · screening · panel · shortlist · assessment · selection · job seekers · applicants · competencies
questions
Requests for information
- answersReactions to queries
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
listening · follow-up · probing · exchange · discussion · interaction · communication · body language · eye contact · tone
questioning
Seeking answers through inquiry
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- probeThorough examination or tool
scrutiny · deposition · testimony · witness · detectives · investigators · suspects · confession · pressure · third-degree
reporters
Those who gather news
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
editors · press · newsroom · broadcast · columnists · sources · soundbites · exclusive · coverage · questions
subjects
Areas of study
- participantsThose actively involved
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- questionnairesForms collecting structured responses
surveys · focus groups · data collection · qualitative · ethnographers · fieldwork · oral history · anthropologists · sociologists · transcripts
- hiring committeechair, members, panel, recruiters, search committee
- phone surveyscall centers, call center, respondent, questionnaire, questionnaires
- admissions staffrecruiters
- Research FirmsGallup, Nielsen, Pew Research, Monmouth, YouGov
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
interviewersinterviewees
People being formally questioned
applicants · candidates · respondents · job seekers · subjects