Insurance Sales which will be performed by an Insurance Agent who would sell life, medical, property, automobile, health and other types of insurances. He may work for a particular company or independently. He may contact and meet various clients to sell his respective insurance policies. Insurance Sales Agent maintains a vast database of prospective clients who would be willing to buy his insurance policies. He will be maintaining a vast network to gather the required information and statistics of prospective clients in order to sell his various insurance policies.
Interview is a process by which an employer tries to find the right candidate for the right job by asking some mental, endurance, confidence based questions.
1.Why have you chosen sales career?
I have chosen sales career as I firmly believe that I possess strong communication and interpersonal skills. I will be able to persuade and convince the client so that he buys an insurance policy without any hesitation. I would definitely convey the benefits and facilities of a particular insurance policy to the client who would then be ready to buy the insurance policy without any issues and doubts.
2.What was the most difficult obstacle you have ever managed to solve?
The most difficult obstacle that I solved was the inability to achieve the sales target in the lean business period. Since I had to sell a minimum of twenty automobile insurance policies during the lean business period owing to accute inflation, the task became extremely tough as no one was willing to purchase the policy. I soon realized that if I try to sell the policy at a much lower rate with prior approval from the manager, people might be tempted to purchase the policy. The idea immediately yielded fruitful results as I achieved the target successfully.
3.What are your strengths?
I have excellent communication as well as interpersonal skills. I have pin point convincing power to convince the client. I can persuade a client by conveying the benefits and facilities of a policy so that he is tempted to buy the policy. I am an extrovert and a go getter who would like to meet different clients. I have strong networking skills as well.
4.What are your weaknesses?
I tend to become over dependent on others which is a bad quality. One should not depend on others too much. Since I am a perfectionist I sometime waste valuable time on certain activities which could have been avoided by proper planning and execution.
5.Why should we hire you?
I have got all the essential requisites to be a successful insurance sales agent. I have a strong educational and working experience in hard core sales field. I have got the right blend of enthusiasm and practical know how for a sales job.
These are some of the most recent interview questions that appear for an insurance sales job. A candidate should be thoroughly prepared to answer these kinds of mental and competent based questions.
