The incumbent manager.

[Kamshing]

The incumbent manager should interview this man.

Is the above sentence correct?

 

[GoesStation]

It's grammatically correct, but I wonder what you mean by incumbent manager and how this person is different from the manager.

 

[Kamshing]

It's grammatically correct, but I wonder what you mean by incumbent manager and how this person is different from the manager.

Incumbent manager here means he is a new manager.

Last manager was John, and John has just resigned.

 

[GoesStation]

Incumbent manager here means he is a new manager.

Last manager was John, and John has just resigned.

That's not what incumbent means. We usually use the word to describe the person currently holding an elected office.

I can't think of a better adjective than the one you've just used: new.

 

[gamechanger]

I can't think of a better adjective than the one you've just used: new.

How about current?

 

[GoesStation]

Incumbent manager here means he is a new manager.

Last manager was John, and John has just resigned.

How about current?

That would be grammatically correct but it would not capture the fact that the manager who should conduct the interview is new. Moreover, current seems redundant. It would be odd for the previous manager, who no longer works in the organization, to conduct an interview.

 

[jutfrank]

How about current?

It depends what you want to say. With whom do you want to make the contrast?

The current manager should interview this man.

This seems rather odd. Who else are you supposing might do it? By using current, you are essentially opposing the manager to all former and future managers.

The new manager should interview this man.

This makes more sense. It could be meant as opposed to the former manager.