Microsoft FRP or BB Investment Banking
I'm currently an IB intern in a BB (GS/MS/JPM) and I got a first round for the Microsoft FRP program. Honestly been feeling very burnt out from this summer and also don't like my group culture as much. If it goes well and I end up getting an offer, I'd heavily consider going down the FRP route. Any thoughts?
Would love to know more about the potential rotations I could go into for the program.
This is a tough question to answer. The FRP is a strong program that places well. I have a strong contact who graduated from the program and is currently PMing a well-known MSFT product. So the exit opportunities from this program, if you want to stay within the company, are more than just Finance. My contact has also mentioned multiple members from his/her cohort that gained acceptance into M7 b-schools. In short, you will have the same type of access to corporate opportunities from Microsoft's FRP as you would coming out of a BB IB, with the exception of certain financial services roles (PE/HF/VC/etc.). This FRP is highly competitive in nature, so getting in carries a lot of weight.