General Counsel – Sample Interview Questions

Role: General Counsel

Sample Interview Questions

• What is the most important advice you’ve recently given your CEO?
• How do you balance your duties to the CEO as a member of the executive team and to the company as an advisor of the Board?
• Describe a situation where you overruled your CEO and why.
• How do you manage your company’s reputational risk?
• What is the most challenging ethical dilemma you’ve faced and how did you resolve it?
• How have you significantly impacted your company’s results?
• Outside of purely legal issues, how do you contribute to the company’s strategic direction?
• Other than the GC, for what leadership team role are you best suited and why?