interviewee:
{plural: ‘interviewees‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘i’ rhymes with the letter ‘i’ in “ink”; the word opposite in meaning is ‘interviewer‘ (next entry → →)}
a nervous job interviewee
a person (candidate) who has applied for a job and attends a formal/official meeting, called an interview, with the employer/interviewer in which he/she answers questions asked by the employer in order to show his/her personality, qualifications and knowledge of events (subject knowledge and general knowledge);
a person who is asked questions by a TV or newspaper reporter or a researcher in order to get some information or personal opinion on some important matter,
a TV reporter (L) and her interviewee (R)
As an interviewee Joe was very nervous, but the kind interviewer put him at ease by asking some general questions to make him more relaxed and do his part well.
Some job interviewee are so conscious of the interview that they keep become agitated and nervous, and make silly mistakes that make a bad impression on the interviewers.
The worst losers in an interview are those over-confident interviewees who try to be over-smart and, as a result, unknowingly annoy their interviewers.
It has been found out that newspaper and TV interviewees never give out what they actually think of the matters being discussed in interviews, especially in live TV interviews!
