I had two internships with PwC and didn’t get a full time offer so I feel like I missed this round of recruiting for a full time audit associate positions for fall 2025. Can’t find any good job applications in my area. What should I do? Kind of lost and need guidance. I would like to stay in public accounting and pursue my CPA

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Take an industry or nonprofit job temporarily to get some experience. Take your CPA exams while you are not in public accounting because your hours will be reasonable and you will have more time. Reapply to public accounting later. This worked for me when I had a hard time getting a public accounting job straight out of college. My first job was Accounts Payable. I had to humble myself.

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Never too late to re apply but I would apply to the other Big 4 accounting firms after and use the “I wanted to start in industry, but after talking to x y Z people they mentioned I should pursue public accounting to learn a ton more”

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Agree with others that I’d focus on the CPA.

Big4 typically hire interns with the plan to provide them full time offers. Did you receive feedback on why you didn’t get an offer? That may also help determine your next steps.

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