As an administrator, you have been assigned a task to assign different page layouts for an object for different record types based on the profile. Your challenge is to navigate to a place where this matrix can be configured for profile and record types. Let's assume that we have an object named Job Applications, with two different page layouts and two different record types (electronics and mechanical).
It is vital not to go to each profile and configure the layout. On the Page Layouts page of an object, SFDC provides an option to do page layout assignment. By clicking on the assignment, one can assign different layouts based on the profile for each record type. The following screenshot shows the page where an administrator can configure these layouts:
