3* To determine the personal fitness and adaptability of the 
applicant for the work and training program of the Corps. 
How Much Does Applicant Kno w About CCC? 
It is desirable early in the interview to find out how much 
the applicant knows about CCC camps. Where did he obtain his knowl¬ 
edge? Does he know enough about the program to feel assured that it 
is the kind of opportunity he desires? Has the applicant ever visited 
a camp? Has he ever had a brother in camp? This part of the interview 
process has real value in determining whether the Civilian Conservation 
Corps is the most suitable work and training resource for the applicant. 
The applicant frequently has only a vague or hearsay impres¬ 
sion of the Corps. It is important, both in the interest of the appli¬ 
cant himself and of the Corps, that the applicant should be informed 
sufficiently of the nature and requirements of CCC life. There should 
be no likelihood that, after he has enrolled in the program, he will 
find that it is entirely different than he had expected. It is the 
responsibility of the selecting agent, therefore, to see that each 
applicant has a true general picture of the Corps. In order to do 
this, the selecting agent must, of course, have a thorough understand¬ 
ing of CCC camp life, usually obtained through camp visits and first 
hand observation of camp life and work. 
Adaptability to Camp Life 
It is clearly of great importance that the primary approach 
of the selecting agent in every interview should be an attempt to dis¬ 
cover the suitability of the applicant for camp life and the suitability 
of camp life for him. If interviews are conducted with this purpose in 
mind, the attitude of the applicant toward the whole Civilian Conserva¬ 
tion Corps will be inestimably better than as if the selecting agent 
were to start out by attempting to discover the financial need of the 
applicants family for the allotment which might be provided if he were 
enrolled. Likewise, it is important that the interview should be con¬ 
ducted in this manner if the selecting agent is to perform his function 
as a personnel representative of the Civilian Conservation Corps. 
Is Applicant Fully Eligible? 
The interview is, of course, the principal means of deter¬ 
mining whether the applicant meets the legal and administrative eli¬ 
gibility regulations contained in "Standards of Eligibility and Selec¬ 
tion." The process by which this is done is ordinarily to review with 
the applicant the statements which he himself has made in filling out 
the CCC "Application" (see Appendix A). If some of the answers to the 
questions are omitted, the interviewer will naturally ask the questions 
of the applicant orally in the interview. The interviewer can often 
learn a great deal about the applicant by requesting him to complete 
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