What do we learn in the Big 4s such as the PWC, KPMG, EY, and Deloitte that the Mediocre CA firms cannot provide?
Harsh Dhiman , works at EY (2017-present) Former Senior Consultant at EY (2011-2016) I think I am partially qualified to answer this. Partially because though I work at a big four but I am not from the assurance background, nor did I do my internships here. Learning is something that is subjective, I have seen people coming to EY and learning and teaching us more than we expected, but some students come and just waste their time. Moreover, learning is about your willingness - people claim to learn lots at a young startup and there are some who do not learn anything at the biggest of firms. So it would be appropriate to say that there is no correlation between learning and company size. Coming back to Big 4s, I think one of most intriguing facts I read is that the big four firms audit 99% of all Fortune 100 companies . You can just imagine the kind of clients we have on our plate every morning. We deal with best of best and biggest of the biggest firms; firms that ac...