I received an interview invite for McKinsey’s Ops internship. While I appreciate the invite, I was hoping to interview for a generalist position. Is it better to ask the recruiter if I can be considered for a generalist interview slot instead or to accept the Ops intern invite (with the hope of transferring to generalist after the internship)?

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Keep in mind that coming in as part of the ops practice won’t limit you from joining any project just like a generalist would

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Ops consultant = generalist consultant for all intents and purposes. It really makes no difference
Source - I am ops consultant who has been doing sales and marketing work for over a year now.

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Generalist recruiter probably passed on your resume but you can ask

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Get the job then worry about it, coming from PwC myself, it’s nothing like PwC. At McK they’re pretty open to having you work on projects of interest even if they’re outside your practice areas

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Also came from PwC tech consulting which was like the stepchild compared to MC/S& so i get where you’re coming from - it’s nothing like that

Also when you come in you can change tracks it doesn’t really matter

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Thanks everyone for your insights!

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I’m a generalist and am trying to switch to ops, it’s not a negative in any way it’s actually a positive in many aspects

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Our ops practice is doing some really cool work. And echo my colleagues it is open for whatever you want to work on

Are you in the US? How are you still getting an invite now

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