How I Passed CPA Exams While Working Full-Time at Big 4
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- If you are currently studying for any of the four CPA exams or about to be starting soon, then there is a good chance you can't afford to take a couple months off of work to study full-time. Everyone has bills to pay so you find yourself having to work full-time while studying for these difficult exams.
I'm here to tell you that you are not alone and that I too studied and passed all four CPA exams while working full time with half of them being while I worked at one of the Big 4 firms. So in this video here I'm going to tell my CPA exam journey and explain what tips I have for you to passing your CPA exams while working full time like I did.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 My CPA Exam Journey
3:19 CPA Exam Tips
3:41 #1 Use Software for More Efficient Learning
4:22 #2 Create a Study Plan
4:54 #3 Find More Time in Your Day
6:48 #4 Study In Small Increments
8:39 #5 Leverage What You Know
9:27 #6 Support From Family, Friends & Coworkers
10:12 #7 Reward Yourself with Fun Activities
10:41 Conclusion
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Nice video 🥰🥰🥳your video is so cool, honestly Cpa exam is such a difficult test man ,really don’t know what to do but I’m never losing hope
Passing the CPA exams is when you study hard, if you can't study or you don't have time for your studies I'd advise you get yourself a help like Mr Dylan
People keep talking about Dylan all over
RUclips, he must be a very awesome help.
Yes you're correct but remember heaven helps those who help themselves, try studying if you can't study then get yourself a good help
I studied for months and couldn't pass, I guess passing is a blessing
CPA exam might seem so tough to pass but studying very hard is a very vital skill to win trust me
My best advice is do the multiple choice 1000x until I got all of the right and I wrote notes on why I got any of them wrong.
Great tip for getting real good at those multiple choice questions and continuing to hammer in those difficult topics. Doing multiple choice questions was something I also did often when commuting via public transit to and from work via the Becker CPA mobile app.
Great video! Some key points were highlighted that I hadn't heard anyone else discuss. Thank you!
Great job Tanner and thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching!
Thank you for sharing your experience, both the successes as well as the hurdles. You have provided some helpful tips.
You are most welcome! Glad you found it helpful and thank you so much for watching.
Thanks for taking us all through your journey. It means a lot to all those you are aspiring to be not to loose hope and keep focus on goals.
You’re welcome and thank you for watching! The journey is not always a straight line - have patience with yourself, stay dedicated and disciplined and the success will come.
In Brazil, we have almost the same CPA "process". When you graduate, there is a test to prove that you know the basics of accounting and just after that you are a real accountant. After this, you are able to try for the Brazilian CPA exams (some Big 4 senior associates don't study for the test properly. Just busy season experience is enough to pass the Audit exam).
By the way, nice tips, and hope everybody passes this difficult test.
I'm studying for japanese CPA exams.
Inspired!!!!!!
Thank you for watching! Best of luck on your studying - you can do it!
Graduating in the fall with my associates degree. Going on to bachelors degree! Love to see this helpful information!! I am a bit away but good to know! 🎓
Thank you for watching, Deanna, and best of luck on your continuing studies! Finding the best CPA study course and coming up with a study plan is definitely something you want to start planning and preparing for before you graduate to hit the ground running.
Thanks so much for a nice and great advice.
You’re more than welcome, Beatrice! Thank you for watching!
Great video, Tanner! I also have that same rowing machine, but I'm guessing that yours gets more use :) - jeff
Lol thank you! Had the rower for years and still works like new
great info.
Thank you, Karan! I hope you find it helpful.
6:48 - Hes describing the "Anki" method. Check out Med School Insiders. If you want to know how memory champs and med school kids who have to learn Tons of material and are pimped on the comprehension of that material on a weekly basis while working crazy hours. they all use a software version of Anki. They are the masters of studying vs all other fields. Hands down.
Thank you!
Amazing video!
I m not working in an accounting firm so I m little bit scared to start my journey here! Can you please advise me do I really need to join accounting firm before starting my journey to cpa! What do I do first
Thank you, Hetal! You don’t necessarily need to start at an accounting firm. No matter where you start you should hopefully be presented with various opportunities. The key then is to connect the opportunities and the work you do to the content you are learning in the materials as it makes it much easier to digest and understand.
Great tips! I am currently working full time and it is a struggle for real. I find I am much more efficient if I could get up early and do most of the study first thing in the morning for sure. I have two more sections to go, hope to pass all of them soon!
Thank you and appreciate the view! The struggle can be so real but I can promise you that feeling of accomplishment once you pass that last exam will be amazing. Getting up early when the distractions are at a minimal and putting your phone out of reach can really set you up for efficient study time. That is the name of the game to study as efficiently as possible as you have a life to live outside of work and studying. You are halfway there and wish you all the luck in your CPA exam journey!!!
Morning is the absolute best time to study. I was trying to do it later after work but my brain was so fried
Obviously CPA exam has been a pain in my ass, but that won't bother me any longer I have gotten my license already thanks to you Mr Marcus God bless you more cuz you made it possible for me
CPA exam is really difficult and frustrating, i can't believe I failed again after studying so hard
You will pass everyone has their own season, just keep going pray and believe you will receive yours Mr Marcus like everyone has been saying he can be off help
Am sorry for that some people people also passed through difficulties, just be patient and keep studying
I'm really sorry about that but I got used to it until I succeeded, I failed 5 times before I finally passed, It would have been 6 but Marcus saved me from failing again
He doesn't have a Facebook page, Instagram page or RUclips channel, why is that?
I appeared for FAR today.
While solving the exam I did not click on "submit teslet" for the last 5th teslet and time got over.
I solved all the Q in that teslet.
Will it get considered or not ?
Its been five years since I graduated. How much of this was review from your classes? Things have started getting foggy. I wish I started right after college
Great question! For myself personally I felt I was able to easily leverage what I had learned in college for BEC and FAR and even some of REG. AUD seemed 10x easier after being in the profession for 6+ months and would believe this would apply for any of the exams. If you are able to leverage work experiences to the content it makes it SO MUCH easier as it becomes less of a memorization exercise of a particular concept.
Dear Tanner, Just wanted to know how CPA will be helpful for those people who are associated with Investment Banking Domain. How CPA would help for them? Thanks Manoj
Pls make video on your audit score of 97 from 73,what different you did. Pls make detailed video on that.
Thank you for watching! I'll definitely try to make a detailed video outlining this progression. Not much really changed in my study habits from AUD exam to AUD exam but the key differentiator that made it so much easier for me was having time in the audit profession for over 6 months. It one thing to be memorizing concepts and its a game changer if you can take those concepts and apply them to what you do at work each day at work. Having those real life exams to relate the study material for myself make it so much easier for me.
Hi what do u recommend even I have got an offer fm big4 study cpa before big4 joining or study cpa and then join big4
If i pass 4 courses (AUD, BEC, FAR, and REG), then is it possible to get CPA license in USA....?
In Illinois, a CPA candidate needs 150 credits to sit for the exam. You said that you moved from "Campus?" to Chicago. Did you already have the required amount of credits? I am from Chicago but I am currently going to school and working in Michigan but I have plans of going back to Chicago after graduation. The requirements to sit for the CPA Exam in Michigan are 120 credits unlike Illinois. Will I be able to sit for the exam in Michigan and then get licensed in Illinois once I procure my 150 credits ? If you are able to reply, thanks a lot for the reply !
Great question! So I moved from WI which has a similar rule of needing just 120 credits to sit for the exam meanwhile IL had 150 credits. Since I was going to move to IL after graduation I needed to be licensed in IL. Thus I needed 150 credits even though I was taking the exams in WI at the time.
However for IL candidates I believe you can receive "provisional" approval to take the CPA exam while completing educational requirements. You will have 120 days from the time you take the exam to submit final transcripts to clear the "provisional status." For me I just took my first CPA shortly after graduating with my 150 credits. Hope this helps to answer you question!
@@TannerCoxCPA Thanks a lot for the info ! One more question: Did you get a Masters degree or did you fill the 150 credit requirement by taking any courses of your choosing ? I would like to get a Masters but I definitely don’t wish to get a Masters in Accounting since I will already have a Bachelors in Accounting. I aspire to work for the Big 4 post graduation. Do you think the Masters will be of help? Thanks a lot, Tanner !
I am watching this while on the treadmill! Looks like I got the multitasking down! Lol
Way to go!! Getting in that movement and being productive 🙌🏼
How much do you make a year?
Salaries will range depending on your experience level at the firm. Just based off of ROUGH estimates (varies by office location and service line) for the service line I'm in: Staff $60-75k, Seniors $75k-90k, Managers $90k-120k.
Hey from india❤🇮🇳 my question is after completing CPA how i get job in usa bcoz I'm from india (please reply)
The best thing you can do is building connections (LinkedIn if unable to meet people in person) and start applying. Won’t always get the first job offer or two but take what you learn from the application process and keep applying.
I love CPA's. They love nothing more than to talk about the CPA Exams. I remember when I was taking the bar, CPAs would say, "yeah, I know what that's like. . . . I took the CPA exams." Lol. I had to bite my tongue. Gotta love those single-day exams vs the bar that goes for two solid days (three in some places or if you're going for two-jurisdiction licensure). You get one shot on the Bar. No "Partial credit". If you fail, you have to start all over again. Passage Rates are misleading, too, because most of the would-be-exam-fails have been weeded out first through admissions processes, and then through the coursework itself.
Y'all CPA's are just so darn cute thinking it's difficult, though!
Comparing the CPA exams to the Bar is really like comparing apples and oranges. For both of these exams, you need to study for countless hours. The material on each is difficult. That’s basically the extent of the similarities. The tests are VERY DIFFERENT. Each is among the hardest of the standardized exams, but they are this way for different reasons.
While it’s extremely difficult to study and understand such a massive amount of information, there’s not too many surprises on the Bar exam. The CPA exam is far different in terms of content. The four sections are drastically different, so you’re going to break the studying into specific topics for each test. Your exam may not cover everything and could actually include just a small portion of what you studied.
So, in the end, it’s difficult to say which is more difficult as it will depend on one’s study habits. For a short period of your life, the Bar exam will be the WORST thing in the entire world. This is not a feeling that you’ll have with the CPA, as that test is more extended misery.
Actually, now the CPA passing rate is lower than BAR’s. They both are pretty torturing, in some different ways.