Pre-Exam Tips: Accountancy Exams

It’s 2 or 3 weeks to go until your professional accountancy exams, what should you be focussing on?

In the weeks leading up to your professional accountancy exams, your focus should shift from intensive learning to consolidation, practice, and exam strategy.

Exam Strategy & Technique

• Time Management: Practice completing past papers under timed conditions

• Reading Time: Use the first few minutes of the exam wisely—skim through questions and plan your approach

Knowledge Refinement

• Review Key Topics: Identify high-weighted areas and ensure you’re comfortable with them.

• Understand, Don’t Memorise: Focus on application, as exams often test logic and judgment rather than rote memory

Practice & Application

• Past Papers & Mock Exams: Aim to simulate real exam conditions

• Work on Weak Areas: Identify recurring mistakes and target those weaknesses

• Mark Your Own Work: Learn from examiners’ reports and past paper solutions

Mental & Physical Preparation

• Avoid Burnout: Balance study with breaks and rest

• Sleep Well: Poor sleep affects retention and performance

• Eat Properly: Maintain energy levels with a good diet

• Exercise & Relaxation: Helps reduce stress and improve focus

Finally, believe in yourself!

• Confidence will improve your performance, honestly

• If you came to our latest webinar, you will understand why a growth mindset is so important.