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BHHC clearly thinks it's some elite company where they can make the interview 'different' and 'edgy' to find their employees. I get that and honestly it was refreshing to get some different interviews, but how does 'tell me the surface area of Texas' or 'what's the distance in miles between LA and NY' give you any indication of what sort of Underwriter they'll be? 'How many households in Minneapolis have a dog.' k It honestly all just came off a little pretentious. I totally understand asking 'what would be a bigger risk to insure, a taxi company or a limo company?' or 'what's a bigger risk to ensure, a building in Seattle, Omaha, or Miami?' Those are great. More of those please. They also had a couple assessments in the first in-person interview. More ridiculous and just irrelevant questions. The copyright on the word assessment was 1943 and you could tell a lot of it was worded old fashioned. There was also a math assessment. I totally get the math assessment. Bravo for having the math assessment. But matching inventors to their inventions (in the word assessment) and Civil War generals and presidents seemed a little out of left field. I'm not sure why, but I totally forgot to study American History before my interview.
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Underwriting Specialist

Interviewed at Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies

3.7★
Mar 28, 2016

BHHC clearly thinks it's some elite company where they can make the interview 'different' and 'edgy' to find their employees. I get that and honestly it was refreshing to get some different interviews, but how does 'tell me the surface area of Texas' or 'what's the distance in miles between LA and NY' give you any indication of what sort of Underwriter they'll be? 'How many households in Minneapolis have a dog.' k It honestly all just came off a little pretentious. I totally understand asking 'what would be a bigger risk to insure, a taxi company or a limo company?' or 'what's a bigger risk to ensure, a building in Seattle, Omaha, or Miami?' Those are great. More of those please. They also had a couple assessments in the first in-person interview. More ridiculous and just irrelevant questions. The copyright on the word assessment was 1943 and you could tell a lot of it was worded old fashioned. There was also a math assessment. I totally get the math assessment. Bravo for having the math assessment. But matching inventors to their inventions (in the word assessment) and Civil War generals and presidents seemed a little out of left field. I'm not sure why, but I totally forgot to study American History before my interview.

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