r/auditing

Hi guys, I have an upcoming IT audit interview and part of the interview details state that I will be presented with a scenario and have some minutes to prepare my response to present to the hiring manager. Has anyone done this kind of interview lately? What were some of the scenarios you were presented with?

Do people actually like External Financial Statements Audit

Do people really like Audit or just some how end up in it and stay for money, even if it sucks out the life out of you.

I have worked closely with quite a few Seniors, Managers and Senior Manager. Some of them are really really smart and could be doing so well in any other field than why stay in Audit.

But being fairly honest, some seniors I have worked with you aren't getting promotion or are still in charge with \~2 years of experience. Some of them are really really slow minded i feel🫠. What's the point of them being senior if they can't guide a staff also properly. They don't even take the blame and then manager questions me. What to do ?!

Hey fellow auditors,

When I was studying for my certifications, I realized almost everyone relies on the same legacy platforms (Gleim, Wiley) that haven't fundamentally changed in a decade. You get a massive PDF, a static question bank, and if you get a question wrong, the explanation is often just a copied snippet from the IPPF that doesn't actually explain why your specific logic was flawed.

So, I spent the last few months building NexusGRC Academy. It’s a bilingual (EN/FR) prep platform for the CIA, CRMA, and CISA exams, built entirely around the new 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards.

Instead of static explanations, I integrated an AI tutor (AuditBot) specifically trained on the IPPF, COBIT, and COSO ERM.

• If you miss a question, the AI explains exactly why your chosen distractor was wrong, citing the specific Standard.
• It uses SM-2 spaced repetition, automatically turning your mistakes into flashcards.
• We wrote 1,400+ original questions aligned with the current syllabus—no recycled or legally gray official questions.

We just opened Early Access today. To be completely transparent, it’s a paid platform (we need to cover the LLM API costs), but we’re offering a locked-for-life founding rate (around $13/mo) for the first 500 members, and there's a 7-day free trial.

If anyone is currently grinding through the CIA or CRMA parts, I would honestly love your brutally honest feedback on the question quality and the AI tutor's accuracy.

Link: academy.nexusgrc.net

Happy to answer any questions about the tech stack, the question-writing process, or the new 2024 Standards in the comments!

Just to clarify based on comments—the platform is fully updated for the 2026 CIA Syllabus (incorporating the 2024 Standards).

A proper audit trail (the kind that actually holds up) means every figure in every workpaper traces back to the source document with enough context that an inspector who never touched the engagement can follow the logic cold with no assumptions, no gaps, and no "the senior knows where this came from." In my experience that happens manually, takes longer than anyone ACTUALLY budgets for, and is usually incomplete the first time a reviewer goes through it.

What I keep getting from vendors is extracted data and a dashboard, I mean I may be wrong but that's not the same thing as structured source linkages at workpaper level. Extraction tells me what the number is, and the audit trail tells me why that number is defensible and where exactly it came from in the client file.

Has anyone seen AI-generated documentation that clears that bar under PCAOB inspection review? not in a demo environment, not a sample engagement, but real workpapers that went through inspection and held up. I want to know what that looks like in practice before I sit through another pitch that uses "defensible" as a synonym for "we exported it to PDF."

Hi all,

I’ve recently transitioned from Second Line Risk Management into Internal Audit within the banking sector. I’d like to hear from anyone who has made a similar move, especially around how you adapted to the “third line” mindset and way of working.

I’m currently working towards my CIA qualification and would really appreciate advice on the core knowledge, skills, and mindset I should be developing at this stage. I’m finding the adjustment challenging and sometimes struggle to fully get my head around the role and expectations.

My focus area is auditing risk management, and my goal is to build strong confidence and make meaningful impact in this space.

If you’ve been through this transition, I’d love to hear:

•	What helped you adapt?

•	What you wish you had focused on earlier?

•	Any useful resources, learning paths, or practical tips.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences and advice.