[KMathew340]

Just wondering if anyone here works/worked at Novogradac and is willing to share their thoughts or opinions about the firm

[MaLoTu]

I interviewed there and I personally would never work there. They deal almost exclusively with low income tax credit clients, but that isn't the reason I wouldn't work there. During my interview the manager I interviewed with told me that you can see when people break during busy season … who says that? It just sounded like a horrible place to work and that comment gave me the impression that they didn't really support their staffs development, but the more than anything just hire with the intention that they are going to break you. The SF office is like a shoe factory, very large and modular, no windows in a lot of the office.

Not to mention, they give you 45 minutes to write and essay, answer 5 full-blown accounting text book type questions, and do an excel spreadsheet formatting task (which is easy). I hadn't started studying for the CPA exam when I went in for the interview and I found the accounting questions a little difficult, but I cannot really remember exactly what they were now.

Look at glassdoor. Don't be discouraged from trying it out if you have an interview … try it out, but know that there are better firms out there.

[mckan514w]

WOW haven't heard this name in years. I actually worked there many many many years ago as a LIHTC analyst. As MaLoTu that is their primary specialty and if this is something you enjoy or want to learn about then this is a good place to get your feet wet so to speak. Since I was not doing accounting work I can not attest to the work load or validate any of MaLoTus feelings during the interview but I will say I enjoyed my time there primarily because I enjoyed my co-workers but there was high turnover rate however I am not sure that was due to anything done or not done by management but rather a combo of the workload was heavy, the expectation to turn projects over rapidly and the fact that most people were using it as an entry level job leading to better things. I didn't see much room for growth there which was one of my biggest reasons for leaving however I did enjoy the time I worked there and learned a lot.

and they ask me why I drink...

FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
BEC- 8/11
AUD- 9/2

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