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Review foundations, not inaccessible firm systems
Basic accounting, financial statements, Excel fundamentals, note-taking, task organization, and professional communication are much more useful than guessing at internal software.
Before your internship starts
Accepted an Accounting Internship: What Should I Learn Before I Start?
Do not spend the next several months trying to teach yourself the firm's entire methodology before day one.
Practice More QuestionsWorth reviewing
Basic accounting
Financial statements
Excel fundamentals
Common keyboard shortcuts
Lookups
Pivot tables
Service-line basics you already studied
Worth practicing
Professional email
Taking notes
Asking clear questions
Organizing tasks
Following instructions
Checking your work
You do not need to know
Firm software you cannot access
Every audit procedure
Every tax form
The engagement before you are staffed on it
Excel priority
Get comfortable enough that basic spreadsheet navigation does not consume all of your attention while you are simultaneously learning the actual job.
Most important
Show up ready to learn. The internship is still supposed to teach you.
Preparation has a limit
Refresh the fundamentals so your attention can go toward learning the real work once the internship begins.
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