How tight is the pre-MBA PE experience requirement?

I am throwing around the idea of an MBA in the future.  One thing I've noted is the requirement for pre-MBA PE experience to recruit for corporate PE post MBA

How tight is this requirement with regards to other ancillary buyside experiences?  I work in special sits but if people respond would appreciate inputs for other fields as I assume there are others with similar questions. 

For example, special situations investing, private credit / direct lending, private infrastructure, PERE, growth equity, etc.    

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