Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.

Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Interview people to obtain information. in Getting Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (36%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests. · Mental Health Counselors · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Collect information about clients, using techniques such as testing, interviewing, discussion, or observation. · Marriage and Family Therapists · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs. · Child, Family, and School Social Workers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans. · Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Interview clients, review records, and confer with other professionals to evaluate individuals' mental and physical condition and to determine their suitability for participation in a specific program. · Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Interview clients, review records, conduct assessments, or confer with other professionals to evaluate the mental or physical condition of clients or patients. · Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required. · Child, Family, and School Social Workers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Identify environmental impediments to client or patient progress through interviews and review of patient records. · Healthcare Social Workers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Conduct follow-up interviews with counselees to determine if their needs have been met. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Interview individuals or family members to compile information on social, educational, criminal, institutional, or drug history. · Social and Human Service Assistants · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Interview clients to obtain information about employment history, educational background, and career goals, and to identify barriers to employment. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Mental Health Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
• Healthcare Social Workers
• Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
• Social and Human Service Assistants

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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