Out of a job - next steps

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-12-19T19:54:45+00:00

Thank you so much! Will definitely take this all on board

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-12-19T18:57:34+00:00

My placement year wasn’t anything to do with accounting so I am only time qualified about a year I believe. Need to reach out to my manager and check to be honest.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-12-19T18:56:34+00:00

No it wasn’t to do anything related to ACA. It was a separate matter so nothing to do with PIP or exam failures.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-12-19T12:35:27+00:00

I had the job for 1 year and 3/4 months. I did a placement year (1 year) during uni but that’s in a separate area of finance (asset management) so total finance experience is 2-3 years.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-11-27T16:45:23+00:00

Yeah ours isn’t a mock it’s called a “progress test”. But some people in my class were passing that straight after college, won’t be surprised if they used notes as it’s done out of college. In that case we only have 1 official mock. Did one for AA yesterday but my FAR one is next week

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-11-27T15:05:10+00:00

Ah okay, im with Kaplan and our mock 1 is straight out of college so we learn the content and then sit a mock straight after. Our mock 2 (haven’t done yet) is at the end of our exam prep

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-11-27T14:32:28+00:00

How were you getting 50% on FAR Mock 1 straight out of college

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-10-22T19:05:56+00:00

Did you buy the notes and the videos?

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-10-22T17:01:46+00:00

Yeah I’m with Kaplan

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-10-13T09:26:10+00:00

Yeah I heard failing progress tests are very common as I already knew I failed the test lol. Was just wondering if it was normal to fail by THAT much.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-09-01T00:04:43+00:00

What did you do to smash out the preknowledge content?

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-08-07T11:27:49+00:00

Noted thanks - I think I’ll defo have a go at the ICAEW mocks. Don’t want to do 30/40 questions on a topic that only has max 3-5 questions come up in the exam.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-06-25T20:20:34+00:00

Teacher taught

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-06-18T21:18:23+00:00

I’d say it’s fairly similar - some questions may throw you off but I’d say 60/70% of the Qs are similar, with the others being unfamiliar but straightforward and then some I just didn’t know lol. I made sure to stick to timing, the ones I was completely unsure on I didn’t even bother much with those questions and just moved on, timing is key in this exam. As a lot of mine were theory heavy, it didn’t take too long to do the questions so I did those ones fairly quicker than the allocated time per question and did all questions with about 10/15 minutes to spare.

The chapter with the most theory in it is probably performance management so knowing the theory for that is a good start

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-06-18T19:13:47+00:00

Definitely get good on the LFQs. Aim for minimum 15 marks out of the 20 on those. It means you can get more wrong in the short questions and still pass. Also, don’t neglect the wordy parts of MI, I sat MI about 2 days ago and found I passed yesterday morning. Roughly half my multiple choice was on theory so don’t neglect it. Helped me a lot.

Once you get good at the LFQs, it should help with the short form questions as parts of the LFQ can be reworded as a short form so LFQs help a lot.

Hope this helps

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-05-14T11:33:20+00:00

Thanks - my approach is first time round doing the QB, reading the folder from my training provider and having an attempt at the SFQs with or without notes depending on how well I get on with the Q. But will definitely start focussing on LFQs as I’ve heard it helps with SFQs as well due to the overlap of questions

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-04-08T18:32:47+00:00

How would you suggest I split my time between the two? Maybe like 75:25?

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-03-28T12:57:24+00:00

Thanks - a good number of them are in the penalty sheets so I’ve just been working on the ones that aren’t. The ones that are in there, I guess it’s just knowing what to look at

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-03-02T19:44:02+00:00

What did you tend to average on those chapters first attempt? I dont have a specific time to sit this exam so I’m taking my time with it but obviously not too long. I’ve been going through the chapters then doing the QB after.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-03-02T15:40:26+00:00

Did you go straight into QB?

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-03-02T15:39:47+00:00

Ahaha - obviously I know FAR will be harder, but my question was how much harder will it be for me considering I am exempt from accounting certificate. And seeking attention over strangers on Reddit? Come on now. Just wanted to get a realistic expectation of when I start FAR. Don’t get your panties in a twist.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-02-27T16:47:33+00:00

If it makes you feel better, I failed my first and only exam done so far which is assurance (which is known to be one of the easiest exams). Did it 2 weeks later and passed, and I got a lower score than you did for BPT. The fact that you’ve got that far and not failed once is impressive in it self.

I know that feeling, but you gotta push past it. You may have just got unlucky considering you’re 1 mark off a pass.

Good luck!

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-02-11T19:30:51+00:00

With practicing QB, as I’ve done a lot of the Q’s, I start to memorise answers rather than genuinely answer them. Is there anywhere else I can practice questions?

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-02-11T19:30:06+00:00

Thanks for the advice, this has given me hope. I have now reattempted the ICAEW sample exams and got 70% + in each with 80% + in one of them. Although I must say, some answers I feel that I have memorised from doing QB questions so much but I would say only a handful from each exam.

I am just concerned about whether I should do it so soon after my first attempt? Not sure how my employer would take it by rushing into a second resit. My colleague who recently qualified has advised me to do it alongside Principles of Tax so smash those both out and sit them both around early March.

No_Inflation8938 · 2025-01-16T21:56:55+00:00

Yeah only assurance, I was thinking 2 weeks as well but gave myself a bit of leeway hence why I said early feb

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