Anyone here into Accounting (and have experience)?

[c073186]

I am a senior studying Accounting and next week I have eight interviews with various firms for an internship next semester...

I am going nuts I do not even know what I want. Do I want to try a Big 4? Or should I go with a smaller, regional firm? Do I want tax or audit?

Does anyone in this community have experience in accounting or have advice to offer on this front?

 

[Nugget]

Being "into" accounting just sounds funny to my ear.

An Accountant is someone who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

A Statistician is someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant.

 

[rhsgolfer33]

I am going nuts I do not even know what I want. Do I want to try a Big 4? Or should I go with a smaller, regional firm? Do I want tax or audit?

Does anyone in this community have experience in accounting or have advice to offer on this front?

Well, I'm a year behind you in my accounting journey, but I figured I would offer my advice. I would probably try for a Big 4 firm. An internship at a Big 4 firm is a great way into a full time job at that company once you graduate and Big 4 firms look pretty good on your resume. Plus, the Big 4 firms will all pay for your CPA prep course, the exam, and many will help foot the bill of an MBA or MS in Accounting. Right now, I say go for a Big 4 internship, you can reap the benefits of a job there and then move to a smaller, more personal firm after you've had some high quality experience and gotten your CPA for pretty much no cost to you.