An employment interviewer reviews these forms for completeness and legibility before interviewing the applicant. During the interview, the interviewer asks about the type of job sought, salary range, and any special needs such as requirements for the handicapped. Applicants may need help identifying the kind of work for which they are best suited. Some of have no preference. In such cases, the employment interviewer evaluates the applicant's qualifications and either chooses an appropriate occupation or class of occupations, or refers the applicant for vocational testing.
Applicants sometimes have exaggerated expectations.
Employment interviewers must be tactful, but persuasive, if an applicant's job or salary requests are unreasonable. Once an appropriate type of job has been identified, the employment interviewer searches the file of job orders seeking a possible job match, and refers the applicant to the employer if a match is found. If no match is found, the interviewer shows the applicant how to use the public job listings, and may suggest that the applicant return every few days to review them since they are frequently updated. These listings do not always provide the employer's name or address. The jobseeker must request this information from an employment interviewer, who approves the match before making the referral.