Risk Product Accounting Intern, Year round
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you worked with others to solve a problem.
What they are checking: Whether they can work with systems, client services and field services contacts as the role requires.
Tell me about a time you made a mistake on an assignment and how you handled it.
What they are checking: Whether they own errors and care about accuracy, which accounting needs.
Why are you interested in accounting at an insurance company?
What they are checking: Whether they have thought about this path and are not just applying everywhere.
What would you do
You find a difference in a reconciliation that you cannot explain. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they investigate carefully and ask for help when needed instead of forcing a balance.
This internship is part-time during the school year and full-time in summer. How will you balance it with classes?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage time and commitments across school and a year-long internship.
How would you ask a busy coworker for help without taking too much of their time?
What they are checking: Whether they come prepared with questions and respect others' time as a new intern.
About the work
Explain what a journal entry is and walk me through a simple example.
What they are checking: Whether they have the accounting basics needed to prepare entries during the internship.
What is an account reconciliation, and why does it matter?
What they are checking: Whether they understand reconciliations, a core task the posting describes for this internship.
What do you know about how insurance or annuity products show up in a company's financials?
What they are checking: Whether they have curiosity about insurance accounting, even at a basic level.
How comfortable are you with Excel? Tell me about something you built with it.
What they are checking: Whether they have the spreadsheet skills that accounting work depends on every day.
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