interviewee

Everyday

1. The person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme. tree →
2. A person who answers the questions in a survey or research study. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons pupils write interview questions and act as interviewer and interviewee; in history and science projects they interview grandparents or experts; in news reports the interviewee is the person speaking. Phrases: the interviewee said, put the interviewee at ease, job interviewee.

Examples

• The interviewee sat down and smiled nervously. tree →
• Our interviewee for the school magazine was the head teacher. tree →
• Each interviewee answered the same five questions. tree →
• The reporter thanked the interviewee at the end. tree →
• In the role play, Sam was the interviewer and I was the interviewee. tree →
• The interviewee told us what school was like in 1960. tree →
• A good interviewer lets the interviewee finish speaking. tree →

Note

Countable: an interviewee, interviewees. The ending «-ee» means the person something is done to (employee, trainee), while «-er» means the person who does it: the interviewer asks, the interviewee answers. Stress on the last syllable: in-ter-view-EE.