<p>half the time in a conference room yes, half by yourself..no. Stimulating contact or not, you make it what it is. The level and the kind of contact you have with your team and/or client can also be dependent on the size of the firm. I have yet to talk with one audit staff that has said they work a considerable amount of time alone. And these are not people recruiting, they are merely friends at the bottom of the bucket in terms of stature at a variety of firms from PWC to GT and GHJ, etc. Want more personal contact, work at a smaller family oriented firm. You will get your own desk, you will know everyone in the office, you will spend the majority of your time at the office except for the rare occasion when you are auditing one of your few large clients. You can choose the environment you want.</p>