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dogfood2k3
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I've received offers for FT audit from both firms. which would you choose? 
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It doesn't matter what we think. This is what you do:

Decide which industries you are interested in.

Research which office that you got an offer from has the most
exposure to those industries.

Evaluate whether you enjoyed the people you spoke with at that
office.

Make your decision.
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City specific and depends who is the is the top player in
the local market. And what industries are available as
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That being said if we had to really generalize I'd pick EY
or KMPG. I wouldn't want to have to deal with KPMG's new
electronic audit program that is a piece of crap.

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+1 on their E-audit sucking or whatever. I heard it's full of problems
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People ask these questions all the time.  To be brutaly honest:

- audit sucks no matter where you are

- hours are very long

- pay stinks

- stressful depending on deadlines

- decent transfer opportunites after 3-5 years

- good exposure to larger clients' financials

It really doesnt make much of a difference because half of your experience being good or not is based on luck.  Do you get placed in a department with a good senior or an abrasive one....this list goes on, really a crapshoot.



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