Hey everyone! Does anybody have any insight/experience/tips for the CIA (certified internal auditor) exam? Best materials to use, amount of hours per day/week to study, difficulty of the exams, etc?

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Gleim manuals are fine. Exam is easy. Certification is worthless.

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Yeah. Don't waste your time. Get a CPA.

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Commitment? 5-10 hours per section should be plenty.

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Yeah I’ve already completed CPA, this one would just be another certification.

CPA studying was intense back in the day, so was trying to gauge what the commitment should be for the CIA.

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