Underwriting Assistant (General Insurance) practice interview
Reviewing proposal information, supporting risk assessment, preparing quotations and keeping underwriting records accurate. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Junior
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests how you would support an underwriting team on property, motor and other general insurance risks. The panel wants careful handling of proposal information, sound basic judgement, confidence with figures and clear communication when details are incomplete.
How to prepare
- Revise the purpose of proposal forms, sums insured, premiums, deductibles, exclusions and loss history.
- Practise checking a quotation against source information and explaining any discrepancy.
- Prepare an example of work where accuracy mattered and describe how you checked it.
- Review basic spreadsheet sorting, filtering and percentage calculations.
- Think through how you would prioritise new proposals, renewals and urgent broker requests.
Common mistakes
- Treating every risk as routine instead of identifying missing or unusual information.
- Guessing a premium or accepting inconsistent figures without checking them.
- Focusing only on speed while overlooking accurate records and clear referrals.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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