Practice prompts based on occupational tasks
These Applyace practice prompts use O*NET tasks for insurance underwriters. They are not reported employer questions. If you have not done a task, explain your approach and learning needs instead of inventing experience.
1. Examine documents to determine degree of risk from factors such as applicant health, financial standing and value, and condition of property.
Describe a real example of this task. What was your responsibility, and what happened?
2. Decline excessive risks.
How did you decide which approach or tools to use? Explain the tradeoffs.
3. Write to field representatives, medical personnel, or others to obtain further information, quote rates, or explain company underwriting policies.
What could go wrong during this task? Describe how you would check your work.
4. Evaluate possibility of losses due to catastrophe or excessive insurance.
Explain a time you coordinated this work with someone else. How did you communicate?
5. Review company records to determine amount of insurance in force on single risk or group of closely related risks.
How would you handle an unfamiliar part of this task? Identify what you would need to learn.
6. Decrease value of policy when risk is substandard and specify applicable endorsements or apply rating to ensure safe, profitable distribution of risks, using reference materials.
What evidence would show this task was completed successfully?
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Pick an occupational task, then outline a real example. This is practice, not a prediction of an employer’s questions.
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Examine documents to determine degree of risk from factors such as applicant health, financial standing and value, and condition of property.
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Questions to ask the interviewer
- Which of these occupational tasks takes the most time on your team?
- How do you measure success in the first three months?
- Which tools, training and support are available for this role?
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