Any Accounting majors/accountants on NT?

Hmm interesting.
LazyJ10 said:
Best industry? That's pretty subjective and also depends on what industry you gain experience in as you start.
Often, staff are a shared resource so they just get assigned to a business group or two and then are used wherever needed.
As a senior, you become more focused on one area and grow within that sector.

Leaving depends on what type of job you aspire for. Assume lateral movement or lower if you leave within first 4 years of public accounting. Manager and above, lateral and higher opportunity - typically.
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Okay, thanks for the response. My firm gives us some latitude on what assignments we are placed on after our first year (from what I hear). I imagine I'd like to get into education (e.g., school board finance director or controller for a college) down the road, but have no idea what the reality of the industry is out there. Wouldn't want to pigeonhole myself because of a lack of awareness.
 
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Lost a few coworkers at my firm to PwC SF.. I wonder how theyre doing. I'm hearing that depending on your industry, you busy season can only last 4-6 weeks, with crazy hours, but the rest of the year is pretty slow.
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This might have been the case in the past, but nowadays at PwC SF, it's very rare to have less than 2 busy seasons a year if you're in audit. Of course, the hours will vary depending on the client. Just a heads up for anyone looking to get into a big 4 firm. It''s good experience and is the best thing you can put on your resume in the accounting industry, but you will be working hard for it.
 
How are you adjusting though? Like how much do you sleep? do you make it to the gym ever? Are you depressed? Do you feel rewarded?

Talk to me about balance.
 
Less balance during season obviously but still possible to go to the gym and do some things
 
^Congrats.

All the hard work and sacrifices will be worth it when you have that degree in your hand.
 
Im a Sophomore accounting major and I’m trying to decide if i should switch my major or not. i loved accounting 1 and got A in it, had a great teacher. Currently I’m taking intermediate accounting and my teacher is complete S**T, no one in the class is learning anything. Most of the time he just talks about his life as a CPA the whole class and then assigns homework. The next class he back to talking about his life. As of right now i feel like I’m falling off of what i learned in the first accounting and i don’t think I’m going to be prepared to go on to the next accounting class. I’m so stressing right now trying to decide if i should switch out to another business major like marketing or risk management and insurance because i do love the most of my other business classes or should i stay in accounting and hope i have a better professor next semester and i can get back on top of things.
 
bigruss said:
Im a Sophomore accounting major and I’m trying to decide if i should switch my major or not. i loved accounting 1 and got A in it, had a great teacher. Currently I’m taking intermediate accounting and my teacher is complete S**T, no one in the class is learning anything. Most of the time he just talks about his life as a CPA the whole class and then assigns homework. The next class he back to talking about his life. As of right now i feel like I’m falling off of what i learned in the first accounting and i don’t think I’m going to be prepared to go on to the next accounting class. I’m so stressing right now trying to decide if i should switch out to another business major like marketing or risk management and insurance because i do love the most of my other business classes or should i stay in accounting and hope i have a better professor next semester and i can get back on top of things.
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Intermediate accounting is tough in general and you should be studying on your own, the teacher can only explain so much. Repetition and getting the concepts are your own responsibility. Lets be honest, accounting isn't a very complex major because everything is laid out in front of you. My grad program makes it one semester where I know most schools split it into two. Find a tutor in your school if you are having issues also.
 
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bigruss said:
Im a Sophomore accounting major and I’m trying to decide if i should switch my major or not. i loved accounting 1 and got A in it, had a great teacher. Currently I’m taking intermediate accounting and my teacher is complete S**T, no one in the class is learning anything. Most of the time he just talks about his life as a CPA the whole class and then assigns homework. The next class he back to talking about his life. As of right now i feel like I’m falling off of what i learned in the first accounting and i don’t think I’m going to be prepared to go on to the next accounting class. I’m so stressing right now trying to decide if i should switch out to another business major like marketing or risk management and insurance because i do love the most of my other business classes or should i stay in accounting and hope i have a better professor next semester and i can get back on top of things.
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Intermediate accounting is tough in general and you should be studying on your own, the teacher can only explain so much. Repetition and getting the concepts are your own responsibility. Lets be honest, accounting isn't a very complex major because everything is laid out in front of you. My grad program makes it one semester where I know most schools split it into two. Find a tutor in your school if you are having issues also.
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What's appropriate to wear for an accounting interview? Black slacks+jacket+socks+belt, white dress shirt, red/blue tie? 

Edit: Also for those that are working at a firm, what types of questions did the interviewers ask? I'm getting nervous as hell with an interview coming up next Wednesday...
 
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I just wear a Black suit, white shirt and black tie combo.

I just have everything fitting well and blending. Nothing standing out in particular but still have details on point
 
shekki said:
What's appropriate to wear for an accounting interview? Black slacks+jacket+socks+belt, white dress shirt, red/blue tie? 

Edit: Also for those that are working at a firm, what types of questions did the interviewers ask? I'm getting nervous as hell with an interview coming up next Wednesday...
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And I hope it went well.

I haven't had my interview yet, but BIG 4 firms usually provide you with a template of possible questions that may be asked.
 
Appreciate the help (although it was a month ago 
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). I had 3 interviews + 3 pre-interview dinners  (BDO, GT, and MCG). Didn't get an in-house interview with BDO, but I did get in-house interviews with GT and MCG in May, so I'm pretty excited. One thing that sucks is that I'm up against 8 or so other schools and it's going to be really tough since firms usually only take a few people for tax. My "dream" firm is to work for GT, but I'd be just as happy to work at MCG. 

None of the Big 4 appealed to me except for KPMG, but they didn't want to give me an interview so...yea lol. 
 
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shekki said:
Appreciate the help (although it was a month ago :lol: ). I had 3 interviews + 3 pre-interview dinners  (BDO, GT, and MCG). Didn't get an in-house interview with BDO, but I did get in-house interviews with GT and MCG in May, so I'm pretty excited. One thing that sucks is that I'm up against 8 or so other schools and it's going to be really tough since firms usually only take a few people for tax. My "dream" firm is to work for GT, but I'd be just as happy to work at MCG. 

None of the Big 4 appealed to me except for KPMG, but they didn't want to give me an interview so...yea lol. 
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Honestly if you want to work in the Big4, if you work for a year or 2 at the above and pass your CPA they'll be begging for someone like you. I'm starting at another midsized in the top 10 sized in sept and prefer it over Big4 for a few reasons. I won't be crushed with the hours initially and because of the above. If I want to switch to industry, then I'll switch to a Big4 and then go industry after. For in office interviews, it's more of a personality test than anything else and whether you'll fit the culture. Just act laid back and confident. They rather hire someone who is social than a book worm most of the time.
 
LazyJ10 said:
Too bad you're not in the Bay Area.
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Were you gonna hook me up? 
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Biggie62 said:
Honestly if you want to work in the Big4, if you work for a year or 2 at the above and pass your CPA they'll be begging for someone like you. I'm starting at another midsized in the top 10 sized in sept and prefer it over Big4 for a few reasons. I won't be crushed with the hours initially and because of the above. If I want to switch to industry, then I'll switch to a Big4 and then go industry after. For in office interviews, it's more of a personality test than anything else and whether you'll fit the culture. Just act laid back and confident. They rather hire someone who is social than a book worm most of the time.
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Your reasons were exactly why I wanted to work for a mid-size firm (also because of the culture/environment and the people that I've met were extremely chill). And I've heard so many stories of how the Big 4 work you like a pig from partners and other employees...I had a friend intern at EY just this past January-March and she knew an audit group that worked 85 hours a week for 3 weeks straight. 8:30 am - 11:30 pm every day 
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Yea, I'll be graduating a semester early (Fall 2015) with my bachelor's, getting my master's next year, and then I'll be taking the CPA. At the moment, the Big 4 don't interest me, but we'll see in the future.

Appreciate the tips Biggie. Repped. 
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I feel the same way man. There are some local CPA firms looking at me that might float me through the MACC and CPA so we will see what happens.
 
Stay Lurkin said:
I feel the same way man. There are some local CPA firms looking at me that might float me through the MACC and CPA so we will see what happens.
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Take em, pass em, get that reimbursement money and salary raise, and flourish 
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quote name="shekki" url="/t/589195/any-accounting-majors-accountants-on-nt/240#post_23114446"]Were you gonna hook me up? :nerd:

Your reasons were exactly why I wanted to work for a mid-size firm (also because of the culture/environment and the people that I've met were extremely chill). And I've heard so many stories of how the Big 4 work you like a pig from partners and other employees...I had a friend intern at EY just this past January-March and she knew an audit group that worked 85 hours a week for 3 weeks straight. 8:30 am - 11:30 pm every day :x . 

Yea, I'll be graduating a semester early (Fall 2015) with my bachelor's, getting my master's next year, and then I'll be taking the CPA. At the moment, the Big 4 don't interest me, but we'll see in the future.

Appreciate the tips Biggie. Repped. :smokin  
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I can vouch for the auditors working crazy hours..the auditors at my job are from kpmg and they get in 8:30-9 am and don't leave till 10
 
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301216baller said:
I can vouch for the auditors working crazy hours..the auditors at my job are from kpmg and they get in 8:30-9 am and don't leave till 10
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That **** is insane. Like what's the point? They're just burning them into the ground and they won't be efficient while working. Only good thing that comes out of that is the overtime pay 
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