With some teams I feel not completely incompetent (just started a few months ago) and with other teams I feel like an absolute idiot. Is that normal?

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Yep. Depends on who you have above and how they treat you when you don't know something.

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Yes

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Also depends on the work. Some stuff is just more complicated than other work.

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Yep

depends if the in charge is nice, kind of mean, or a gigantic asshole

The manager on the job makes the world of a difference. I left my very first audit job more confident than my 2nd or 3rd job because the manager on the 1st job was far more helpful and willing to help. I just started in August.

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