GE Financial Management Program
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GE Capital Commercial Leadership Program
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3M Financial Analyst
What bad luck: I have the final round of 3M scheduled (flights & hotel booked) and then I get the invite for a final round office visit with GE's Commercial Leadership Program AND a first-round on-campus interview with GE's FMP on the same day. It's too late to reschedule 3M, and I asked to reschedule GE, but it doesn't sound like the request was received well.
My order of preference is probably GE FMP, 3M Financial Analyst, GE CLP.
I can't shake the feeling that I will always wonder "what if?" if I decline my GE FMP interview. However, I can't bring myself to cancel a final round for a very good job for a first round at a top-choice job that I'm sure will be very competitive.
Does anyone know anything about these jobs? I know GE FMP is great, but is there any way to justify cancelling a final round at 3M for a first with GE?
Realistically, how good are your chances at the GE FMP?
Congrats on getting that far with all of these... GE FMP is sort of a dream job of mine.
Not interested in CLP? Depending on what you want to do, I'd generally recommend CLP over FMP.
The CLP is the best opportunity if you think you want to get out of CF anytime in the near future. But, I would never recommend turning down a final round for a first round, especially ITE.
It's tough on companies to reschedule their OCR dates, but you should push GE to do so. Tell them that you are VERY interested. You really want the opportunity. But another company already paid for a flight for you and you just can't make it. But you would prefer them and really hope they will work with you to reschedule. If you are good about it they will likely do so.
Are you undergrad or a grad student ? I would take the FMP over CLP seems to be recognized a bit more than CLP
FMP is definately more recognized than CLP. Even if you do not want to stay in Finance, it sets you up with a lot more than people know. Exit opps to b-schools is not a problem, and FMP is seen as "The best of the best" in GE, so moving cross-functional is easy throughout the entire company (i.e across countries). Plus, it's ranked the #1 leadership program in the world. I would try as hard as possible to get that interview.
Not actually. Everything I stated above is fact. Look it up if you would like. I did interview for GE but did not get an offer, and have had friends in the program. It is accounting-based, but the opportunities available are much more than 3M.
I assume you already read the thread on "the truth about GE FMP". If not, I recommend you search for it and read carefully before turning down a superday. Having said that, don't know much about the FMP personally.
If you're interested in banking though, I did get interviewed during OCR when I was in ugrad by a VP at a boutique bank that lateraled into IB as a senior analyst after doing the FMP for a couple of years.
Based on not only WSO research but also survey's completed and Linkedin profiles, you will see that my statement's are not far off from the truth. OP did not state anything about IB because he is looking for corporate finance, and any leadership program (not only FMP/CLP) is much more recognized than a financial analyst position. And going from FMP into other careers or off to b-schools will be much easier just because it is well known and a leadership program. Doing even the smallest amount of research will tell you this.
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