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Insurance Sales Agent Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Insurance Sales Agent interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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What do you think your biggest weakness is in regards to sales?

When discussing your weakness, you want to discuss one that is a genuine weakness but not one that would directly affect your ability to sell. A few weaknesses that are good to discuss for this question are difficulty with organization, getting lost in details, or difficulty asking for help. You also want to make sure you don't just discuss your weakness, but discuss how you're working to improve on it.

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30 Insurance Sales Agent Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. What do you think your biggest weakness is in regards to sales?

  • Behavioral

    2. How would you describe your attitude?

  • Direct

    3. Insurance is a heavily competing industry and it's important to know our competitors. Who are they?

  • Direct

    4. What insurance products do we sell at our company?

  • Direct

    5. Why do insurance companies spend so much on advertising?

  • Direct

    6. Being an insurance sales agent, can come with a big paycheck, are you in this just for the money or do you care about customers and our company?

  • Direct

    7. Do you feel our agency and insurance company is one of the best?

  • Discovery

    8. What sales experience do you have?

  • Discovery

    9. Why do you want to work for our company?

  • Discovery

    10. Tell me about your most successful sale. What do you think helped you make the sale?

  • Discovery

    11. Do you enjoy working independently?

  • Discovery

    12. What do you dislike the most about a sales position?

  • Discovery

    13. What do you enjoy most about selling?

  • Discovery

    14. Why are you a good seller?

  • Discovery

    15. What knowledge do you have in insurance?

  • Discovery

    16. Do you take pride in your work? Are you confident you can sell?

  • Discovery

    17. How well are you familiar with homeowners insurance?

  • Discovery

    18. Do you enjoy talking to strangers?

  • Discovery

    19. Do you enjoy socializing with customers?

  • Discovery

    20. Why do you think you would be a good insurance sales agent?

  • Discovery

    21. What attracted you to the insurance industry?

  • Operational

    22. What market would you start targeting?

  • Operational

    23. What area could you improve as a sales person?

  • Operational

    24. What skills do you possess that you believe will help you sell?

  • Operational

    25. Are you comfortable making cold calls?

  • Operational

    26. A big part of insurance sales is building relationships. What skills do you utilize to help you build and maintain relationships with customers?

  • Operational

    27. How do you maintain relationships with customers and clients? What skills do you think are useful in keeping customers and building relationships with them?

  • Operational

    28. Describe a time where you had difficulty making a sale and how you were able to make the sale. What skills did you use?

  • Situational

    29. How do you handle when a customer may not be happy with you? How do you handle conflict?

  • Situational

    30. Describe a time where you tried but couldn't make a sale.