Working in the Big 4 is so dull and boring..... interned in one of them last summer and I swear I was counting the seconds till I can get home.

I prefer banks (invesment banks) better, much higher pace and pressure.

Guys, I'm wondering here whether ICAS is as respected as ICAEW in Malaysia?

The reason being is that I've been offered a summer internship position at EY London in Audit. The way their system works is that I will have a partner interview at the end of my internship where they'll decide if they are going to give me a graduate offer or not.

Ernst & Young in the UK does the ICAS qualification instead of ICAEW or ACCA. I've been told that ICAS is equivalent to ICAEW? I've also checked the MIA website and it seems that they recognised ICAS as well.

Will ICAS put me in a disadvantage position in Malaysia and do people only know about ICAEW and ACCA? I suspect not a lot of people do ICAS in Malaysia as you need a degree to start studying for it.

Thanks for any advice. If i get a grad job I'll probably stay in the UK for a couple of years and then come back to Malaysia so i don't want to study ICAS if it's not recognised....

I also have final round interview coming up with Deloitte London but I don't think I can make it as my EY offer expires in 2 weeks time and the interview is in 2 1/2 weeks time.

PS. I'm a UK student

This post has been edited by verticalforce: Feb 14 2009, 06:00 AM

Although I did score pretty highly in my first year, I don't think I'll be able to achieve a first class degree tbh.

Big 4 here looks more than just your academic result. I got in because I've already done internship at a Big 4 in KL last year, and a work experience programme at a stock-broking firm in Johor Bahru. I've seen people who are first class and from top unis like LSE getting rejected cause they don't really have the extra "edge" to talk about in interviews. I'm not from top unis (well, it's in top 30) and I still managed to secure 2 final round interviews for Big 4.

People need to stop concentrating on academic result! It means f*** all when you get to interview stage. (at least here but they still requires you to get strong second upper or they'll reject you lol)

Btw, thanks for the advice. Good to know that ICAS is well recognised.

This post has been edited by verticalforce: Feb 17 2009, 02:33 AM

Ability to do donkey work for a couple of years without complaining.