Any advice to prepare for a TAS interview? Seems to be hit or miss on what kind of technical questions to expect

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1. Be able to clearly articulate what TAS does and WHY you would be interested in joining
2. Be able to explain what explain you did prior in your career that aligns well with TAS, (analytics, tight deadlines, technical knowledge of accounting)
3. Take 30-60 minutes and read a walk street prep (more than technical enough)

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How would anyone coming from audit know the answer to like most of these questions without just googling what they are...

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KPMG1: The skills from audit (understanding accounting, time management, working with clients, etc.) are valued in TAS. However, we also want people who are motivated to learn what TAS does and who show initiative. It’s important to weed out the people who just want “advisory” because they’ve heard it’s prestigious, because those people don’t tend to perform well, end up satisfied with the job, or last.

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Specific technicals for tas can include define: nwc, net debt, quality of earnings. The relationship between the 3. And then types of adjustments

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run through cases and what adjustments you’d make and why

When I interviewed, there was a separate case study. All questions from interviewers were behavioral or to gauge my interest. I suggest reading up on quality of earnings, net working capital, net debt, and be able to speak to how you think your precious experience applies (i.e. audit taught me XYZ).

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