So I'm not a top performer. Definitley not the smartest guy at big 4. But some of the questions I get from very experienced seniors are just so basic.

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How else will they learn if they don’t ask? Sometimes there are holes and gaps in experience, they may not have been exposed to that particular basic thing or they may have not seen it in long enough to no longer recall. Seniors still are only a couple years in.

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Be kind if they're EMT questions...PwC L&D fails fucking hard at teaching that shit. S2 training for EMT didn't even use the system, but rather some pretend workbook for a construction job. Like jesus, just show me the system.

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Oh managers... if u only took time to listen a question.

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I'm talking about something like "why do we test internal controls", "what is a significant account", "how do we determine materiality", when I said basic I meant real....freaking....basic. these are questions from someone who is supposedly going to be a manager in july.....

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At least they are asking rather than just winging it, or trying to figure it out alone

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And to make it clear I always say there are no stupid questions and I'm very supportive of my seniors and I just want to move work forward. Just lately it's been bad. Anyone else notice this?

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Maybe they haven’t been exposed enough to the thing they are asking about and they want to confirm that they are doing it correctly and not blow hours doing something wrong. At least in Tax there is so much to learn that as a Senior I’ve been on calls with Partners in a different tax group that didn’t know anything about a code section that that in our group is used all the time. This stuff is hard.

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It's like where have you been for the last 4.5 years.

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I almost think they have a split personality because some days they are really good....others it's like teaching a first year.

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Chill dude. Not everybody is smart like u...

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I'm talking about 3rd year seniors about to become manager. I fully understand a first year senior might have gaps in experience.

Like "how do I pivot" or "how do I scope accruals", or what?

What kind of questions?

OP. From my experience at Big 4 it’s not entirely unbelievable that some people coast through 4 years. They have good social skills, but audit skills are lacking.

People can definitely coast if they’re liked well enough. My manager was just saying how he doesn’t understand VLOOKUPs.

I think a lot of those questions could be asked and useful now that they have the basic procedures done. A good answer now will be much more helpful now that they have the context of 4 years audit experience. A question answered the same way on day 1 versus day 1,300 could provide a whole new level of understanding with experience behind you

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