It is advised to examine the picture and performance of your potential employer and its standing in the industry by referring to
SEC filing 10-K. Apart from that, your interview preparation shall depend on your concerned functional role.
Few tips according to functional expertise:
Finance and Accounting
In the insurance sector for finance or accounting roles, you should possess solid analytical skills coupled with ability to constructively solve financial problems under pressure situations.
You can prepare for such situational questions by reminiscing past circumstances that you have dealt with commendably. The problems you faced may be ethical, technical, human resource-oriented or all of these.
Legal and Paralegal
The insurance industry comes across to conducting independent complex legal research and legal analysis like statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions and legal codes. This requires high degree of accuracy and responsibility as the analysis is employed by attorneys'.
Staying abreast to current legal challenges that the insurance industry is confronting can make you accurately put your solution or experience of handling it.
Information Technology
Software development, IT skills, security analysts, .NET developers and systems analysts are selling like hot-cakes in the insurance industry as there is also demand for the insurance-industry-tailored software applications. IT personnel's are also required to collaborate with line-of-business managers at insurance companies to identify business strategy and supporting architecture.
It is always a beneficial practice to mention at the end on an interview: What amazed you most about the company and what appeals you in the role you applied for.
