Looking to apply to McKinsey- is it better to apply to a role where you already have direct experience or to the role you’re interested in?

Have 2+ years experience in business process improvement and optimization, and Implementation consulting. I’m looking to pivot to a role focused on strategy solutioning which looks like what the Associate role has to offer based on the JD. However, they also have roles specific to business process and implementation. Any help here appreciated!

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The specialist role will be easier to get vs integrative role. 1) the applicant pool will be smaller 2) there is a potentially better role fit.

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For McK (someone correct me) you have 3 client-facing tracks:
- Expert track
- Integrative (Generalist) track
- Implementation track

Strategy work is generally the remit of the integrative track. I've seen some cross-over (implementation guys staffed on strategy projects and integrative guys staffed on implementation work), so there's that.

Re: your question, I think you should go for what you want rather than what your experience indicates - we've all seen fairly common cases of people coming from industry with no strategy background. If you apply as a generalist, most likely you'll be coming in relatively junior so you'd have plenty of time to learn the ropes.

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Do Experts and integrative consultants do different work?

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