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Same here. Starting in mid-feb. my ex-seniors said they'll train new joiners, associates one. so what do we need to do? brush up on tax-related knowledge?
Does either of you have to fill up beneficiary nomination form? You fill up now or on the day you report to work?

The culture at deloitte is good. Professional yet everyone can be friends (rest assured, no politics in the firm), making jokes (not offensive ones) even with senior management (this part is for tax department especially the area where my desk was). You'll surely like it--no one is unlikeable and they treat you (a newbie) sorta like a part of them. But job performance has to be maintained and improved as time goes by the gl (group leader) will talk to you when she feels that you do not exert 100% to ur work (since shes the one checking everything which goes out from the group and you're supposed to complete ur work on time, especially during peak). As for audit, Im x too sure, but another part i like about deloitte is that the KL office building is very new (moved in 2013 i heard), working in a whole new office (the toilets are all new too, fragrant🌸) kinda refreshes my mind  and as for internal firm services, you gotta need to explore yourself, hopefully the hr wont get to u. Anyway, deloitte is a good firm to work with and you ask for worklife balance? Not sure if this counts, but the firm has free movie screenings for its staff every month at ecurve/one u+considerably flexible working hours (flexi-fridays for tax). Doesn't it sound good?

I interned at deloitte. Joining pwc soon. I used past tense in my statement, didnt u notice?

Universiti Malaya

hey. well a friend of mine didnt make it to the interview after he failed the online test. so yea hope you ace through it. GOOD LUCK!l!

I just did it yesterday.

Basically there's a test on identifying your character/attributes, English and Mathematical reasoning tests both by selecting True/False/Can't be determined based on the information provided.

The key is to answer it timely + accurately. No point finishing all the questions but got all wrong, or vice versa.

Emm their culture is give and take, too polarised to form a view. Dustbin similar to dream team. Rojak and average joes are the big majority so their culture is typical (barring any labour turnover) If you hail from a small team try to get into a big team around your 3rd year or so (most will do that). If you are from a big team, most will ship you out to try individual portfolios.

Eventually the trend now, most will leave and join Singapore / Australia Big4 after they get their title if they love audit but hate the pay and/or the team here. If you like audit but hate the working hours, most will try to switch to advisory (except the technical ones). If you want to get out from the firm, most will try accounting or internal audit that can match the salary demands but not the glamour and career development. Those that wants to leave audit outright to further career development in new field such as CF, IB, consulting, .. will most likely end up with lower salary (if they get the job) but hope to get higher in subsequent years.

see your luck.

If your boss favors you, you can get into a good team..

If not, that's just your luck initially.

see your luck.

If your boss favors you, you can get into a good team..

If not, that's just your luck initially.

Previous trend is:
Who wants to go to SG or AUS?

Current trend is:
Who is still in MYS?

I think UK is also very popular now due to the mandatory audit rotation. If you done first year audit for a big client, you should know how many resources we need.

Audit always need people so no issue there. But the growth is very low so not easy to be competitive with other division such as tax and advisory. Big4 try to stimulate growth in the advisory section through organic or acquisition (the only division with double digit growth). You will see a lot of acquisition of consulting firms by Big4s recently and in future. The current trend is IT and forensic/fraud. It’s almost impossible to audit IT companies without these experts. And most companies want to go upgrade their IT finance so Big4 want to tap these fields. If you know stuffs like SAP, it’s very useful.

For non-audit field such as finance, you might see rise of start-ups. They require accountants to be savvy in the non-financial aspect as well.

Mainly the latter. Those I have met are either coming from reputable universities or ACCA graduates with excellent results. A few of them that joined us here seemed to pick up things real fast and their work done are better than most of us here.

LSE, University of Melbourne, and a University of Western Australia graduate with a short-term study abroad (summer sessions) at Harvard University.

Am sure they do. All are welcomed to apply. I don't think they are that nasty to exclude just because they don't come from reputable universities, but I guess the candidate pool has lots of interesting applicants.

Maybe do something that somewhat stands out (e.g. Semi Finalist of some case study competition, dean's list, top 10 scorer of a subject in uni, uni representative for team sports). Alternatively, bring in the right attitude that fits with the firm's values, that's how the ACCA grads stood out.

Again that was based on what I have gotten from my alumni and ex-colleagues of PwC. Everyone's experience may differ.

Yeah, they gotten the offer from both firms. I think partly because their results are above average and quite active in extra-curricular activities.

I have applied for all big 4, i interned in pwc before and currently working in a medium firm with 1 year experience, i still have 3 prof papers. However, pwc replied me first and it was a straight rejection. I have never get any reply from other big 4 either. Should i just stop applying for big 4 or go commercial? I quite enjoy working in audit tho. If i stay longer in medium firm, the more years will get discounted. So hard to get an interview nowadays. 😅

Unfortunately, i dont have any degree tho. Just 2 years work experience (including internship) and 3 more papers left. I didn't met their requirement. I guess i'm not good enough

Nope, failed tax paper twice. And once in foundation.

Hi guys, I have applied for PwC's advisory (deals) 2 weeks back. I have gotten a reply but they were telling me to undergo a 2-month internship until January and then they'll only convert me to a full-time position. When I tried to ask what are the chances or % of converting, they didn't give me an actual answer.

Is there any advice on this? Because I have another good offer and has to make a decision in a couple of weeks' time.