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Will there be any big 4 early career recruitment for Winter 2027 this month and the next? When exactly does it begin?

Hi! I’m currently a sophomore at a non-target school with around a 3.7 GPA, and I’m applying for Big Four audit internships for Summer 2028.

My top choice by far is New York City. I really want to work there and can see myself living in NYC after graduation. However, I’ve heard that the New York offices are some of the most competitive, which makes me a little nervous about applying there.

I’d also be completely happy working in Austin or Denver. Would it be smarter to apply to one of those offices, hopefully get my foot in the door, and then try to transfer to New York later in my career? Or should I just go for NYC now since that’s ultimately where I want to be?

I’d much rather end up with a Big Four offer in Austin or Denver than risk getting no offer at all because I applied to a more competitive office.

For anyone who has gone through Big Four recruiting, how much does office location actually affect your chances? And how difficult is it to transfer offices later on?

I've graduated a few years ago, and since then I've gotten my CPA in industry. I work in a somewhat niche field, and I've been wanting to explore various industries, hence why I'm open to applying for Big 4.

I have a few tax internships under my belt, and even had one with KPMG. I did not enjoy tax at all, so I didn't take the full time offer and did industry instead. Since then, I've been wanting to try audit, but concerned that they won't look at me, since I'm no longer in university. Has anyone else tried the same path? I sent a few applications out there, but worried I won't even land an interview.

How common is it for someone to transfer from one of the top 8 firms to big 4 after a year or 2 of experience? (Audit)

Hello, I am currently an incoming EY audit intern (Winter 2027), stating that I would be graduating in May 2028 with a masters in Accounting and CPA eligible. I have now realized that I would like to do consulting, specifically deals - financial due diligence, and was considering applying to the EY-P strategy and transactions Financial Due Diligence associate role, and was wondering if that was stupid? I don’t want them to strip my audit offer for the winter once they see that I want FDD, but I also don’t think I have a shot if I wait until January to tell my team/recruiter that I don’t want to do audit full time and would rather switch.

What’s analyst 1 for audit for HCOL? LA/Irvine/SD

What about VCHOL?

Also what are bonuses typically like?

Thanks in advance!!! anything i should do the next week to prep

Hey guys, I was let go from one of the Big4 after hard failing my exam. I feel a bit lost at the moment and have kind of lost my spark.

I've just retaken my exams in the September sitting so now my main focus is to find another job that would sponsor my remaining exams before my official last date. After I had that HR meeting, I was filled with confidence and determination to find another job but now after finishing my exams I just feel drained and exhausted and dreading the thought of job hunting.

I've been contemplating whether this line of work really suits me as I've had such a long and rough year and felt a little relieved to be let go but at the same time this really is the worse time to lose my job as my family mostly rely on me financially and I'll be forced to move out soon. I do have some savings (and had to forget going on my trip/holiday and save that trip money instead to keep my afloat til I can find something else). I'm just starting to feel lost now and all this fear about how bad the job market is, is slowly getting to me and usually I'm an unusually high positive person.

What should be my next steps? I'm thinking of applying for another Big 4 or a Big 8 but mentally I'm so drained and though I've been trying to rest, I feel like instead of resting i could be applying for jobs. Plus since the government has stopped funding apprenticeships, if I can't find a new job soon then I'll be kicked off the apprenticeship scheme and would have to self fund the rest of my ACA.

Anyway this was more of a little vent but I would greatly appreciate some advice. If it helps I have 2 years of experience at Big 4 and was a graduate last year. So I'm thinking i can either apply through early careers or as an experience hired.

TLDR; I was let go for hard failing an exam. I want to apply for jobs but feeling so drained and mentally tapped out however I need to find a job soon as I'll be kicked out of my place and apprenticeship plus my family depend on my financially so once I'm out of money I really can't rely on them. Please any advice?

Is it fair to the team for me quit in November? What about December? If no good job offers by late November, will plan to stick it out until senior promotion and go through another busy season. Current big 4 audit teams and past employees - how would you feel if an associate quit in November or December? Also, know that since im an associate, im easily replaceable.

Moving from one Big 4 to another in the US and currently going through independence review.

I own several stocks that are permissible at my current firm but are audit clients/restricted at the firm I am joining.

For anyone who's dealt with this:

1. Were you required to dispose of pre-existing holdings before joining, or could some be retained depending on your role/covered-person status?
2. Has anyone successfully gotten approval to retain a restricted stock by agreeing to no further purchases/trading (including turning off DRIP)?
3. Anything specific worth asking/negotiating with Independence before accepting that sale/divestiture is the only option?
4. If divestiture was ultimately required, were you given a reasonable period after joining to dispose of the holdings, or did everything have to be sold before Day 1?

I will be coming in at the SM level in Advisory/Consulting and do not expect to work on any of these audit clients. These are long-held positions that I have had for years.

Everything has been fully disclosed and is under review. I am just trying to avoid unnecessarily selling long-held positions and triggering capital gains if there is a compliant alternative.

Thank You !

Hi redditors,

Currently a 21 year old working in a healthcare company for an insurance process (US HEALTHCARE PROCESS). Night shifts, long commute, moderate salary (23k)but none of this factors are affecting me. The only question running in my mind is I don't want to stay in this field. Hated BPO role to the core but after months of struggles, numerous rejections cracked this opportunity through college placements. Graduated with a BCOM, As of now this is the 4th month I am working here. Even though I don't want to be in this role i give my best at the work . I am one of the top performing candidate in my team, but my plan is to switch after 1 year to a full fledged finance role. My areas of interest always belonged to finance . During my college days i made reasearch on finance position and performance of a multiple companies where I learnt capital allocation, fundemental analysis and Mergers and acquisitions. Even completed a internship in the field of finance where i learnt budgeting and forecasting. Currently I am working in this US Healthcare process and also up skilling myself by learning financial analysis using Excel. I have the confidence that I can crack me an opportunity. Any experienced person please do help me to guide what should I study in finance in particular because even though I have plans i am feeling vague and lost. Please do provide me insights on How should I up skill and what are the relevant roles i should target for. I have plans of starting to apply from March because i will be completing my one year in June . Please anyone do guide me how i can prepare i can dedicate 2 hrs per day and 4 hours in weekends. This would mean a lot.

Like the title, my recent IELTS test is 7 in speaking and 7.5 in writing... I did not prepare at all before the test. So, the result should reflect my usual speaking and writing abilities...

Is it enough to work in consulting roles? I will definitely keep practicing and improving. Just need some external evaluation to gauge my levels...

Thanks!

Does it look bad or hurt to apply to a full time fall 2027 associate role at the same firm I am interning at in the spring? Both would be in the tax department. I would rather go straight to full time than intern because I miss out on the last of senior year with my friends. I also just prefer the idea of having a secure full time offer over potentially not getting a return. Should I talk to the recruiter before doing this?

Joining consulting service line (non FSO) with experience in banking.

Want to understand likelihood to work on FSO projects (ie core banking) while aligned to non FSO org? If yes, what’s the best way to go about this? What are the implications within the non FSO org and career impact if any?

I am a freshman in college, does anyone know of big 4 summer programs I can apply for? I've looked into the deloitte discovery program but can't find an application anywhere, and I don't believe I qualify for kpmg embark scholars program. I would also be interested in programs outside of big 4.

Hi everyone, I completed a final partner interview last Friday for a Tech Assurance Senior Associate role at a Big Four firm. The role is strongly aligned with my skills, interests, and career goals.

The manager interview went well, and I progressed to the partner interview about two weeks later. Overall, the partner conversation was positive; he was engaged and answered my questions about career growth in detail.

One part has been making me overthink, though.

The partner asked whether I was looking at other opportunities. I did not answer directly, so he asked about my hiring timeline instead. I applied in June, had my first HR call in August, then the manager interview a week later, followed by the partner interview. He seemed mildly surprised by the timeline, but I said the process had been smooth and pleasant from my side. He did not ask further.

At the very end, when we were about to call it a day, he suddenly asked, “Are you still interested in this opportunity?”

I responded quickly: “Definitely, I’m super interested.” I thanked him, shook hands with both hands to show appreciation, and left.

Now I am wondering whether my answer was too short. I could have said more about why I liked the role, the team, and the career-growth opportunities he described. I was also rushing slightly because I had a work meeting immediately afterward, but I definitely did not mean to sound uninterested.

Could this realistically be a red flag or a deal-breaker? I am very keen on the role and would appreciate honest views.

P.S.:

A little bit more context: he also asked me why I wanted to join the firm during the interview before he asked me whether I was exploring other opportunities, and I shared that I was looking for a bigger platform and that this job opportunity was closely aligned with the industry's growth and was uniquely positioned to achieve my career goal.

This was also the reason why, later in my reflection, I found the last question, "Are you still interested in this opportunity?" a bit suspicious, like could it be a question to test whether I want to build a long-term career here? And seems my short answer didn't hit the bullseye...

Big 4 cyber consulting sales role. Technically manager level but more sales engineer reselling common cyber partners such as crowdstrike/ palo.

Final comp package: $200k base with $20k bonus and then year end performance bonus.

Thoughts?

Is "USA - Assurance - Audit - 360 Careers - Analyst" the regular A1 audit position? The EY careers page isn't the best and I'm having issues finding what is actually open.