Pro practiceCompany Secretary (Corporate Governance) practice interview
Board governance, statutory records, meeting administration, regulatory filings and trusted advice to directors. Practise the 6 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Lead
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview covers the company secretary's role in board effectiveness, corporate records, filings and independent governance advice. The panel wants careful administration, sound judgement and the confidence to guide senior directors when process, authority or conflicts are unclear.
How to prepare
- Refresh the legal duties of directors and the purpose of declarations, resolutions and statutory records.
- Prepare examples of improving board papers, agendas, minutes or action tracking.
- Review how you verify quorum, authority, conflicts and approvals before recording a decision.
- Check the official corporate registry and relevant regulator for current filing requirements.
- Practise explaining a governance concern calmly to a chair or managing director.
Common mistakes
- Treating minutes as a transcript instead of an accurate record of decisions and material discussion.
- Following a senior person's instruction without checking authority or governance requirements.
- Giving filing answers from memory when current official guidance should be checked.
- Focusing on meeting logistics while overlooking conflicts, risk and follow-up actions.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
6 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 5 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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