As a company secretary you will be responsible for signing off documents and agreements in a business and ensuring that the right people have seen them. You will also need to keep order within a business and be party to ensuring that the company follows the correct standards.
If you have lined up an interview for this role then you will need to be very organised and have a good understanding of how a business works. The duties will be very varied and you will need a wide knowledge base of a company. This is normally a non managerial position.
Looking is also important for a secretary role so try to find something smart to wear for your Secretary job interview.
Secretary Interview Questions
Be well prepared for your big day. Check out the questions below and try to find the best answers for yourself.
Your interviewer will be keen to know:
- Can you prepare agendas and take minutes in board meetings?
- Can you keep up to date on new legislation and what a company should follow?
- Are you able to liaise with a number of professional bodies such as solicitors?
- How much knowledge do you have on health and safety?
- How do you keep yourself organised? Do you create new systems and if so what are they?
- How would you rate your communication skills?
- What are your 3 biggest strengths when liaising with other professionals?
- What do you think are the most important aspects of running any business?
This is a very important role to any business and one that requires a great deal of business sense and experience. You will need to demonstrate to your interviewer that you are very experienced and explain why you have come to a point in your career when you want to do this role?
A company secretary will need to be the eyes and ears of any business working closely with Managers and Directors and your interviewer will want to know that you can do this and act in a senior manner despite it being a managerial type role.
Most Asked Interview Questions
Your interviewer will ask you questions about your personality and job related other questions. You will also receive following questions:
- Tell me about yourself.
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Why do you want this job?
- Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
- What’s your ideal company?
- What attracted you to this company?
- Why should we hire you?
- What did you like least about your last job?
- When were you most satisfied in your job?
- What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?
- What were the responsibilities of your last position?
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