Is there such thing as best big 4 or are they all basically the same?

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Copy paste.. we all move around. I would go on a limb to say that on average majority of Big4 professional will experience working for 2 firms if not 3. Some do all 4

Different parts of the world, will have different firms dominating in different service lines.

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Depends on your career goals and what department of accounting you want to go into

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