Consulting to PE Interviews - How are they different from IB -> PE interviews?

Hi just wanted to ask how interviews for a consultant going into PE would be different than interviews for IB analysts. My guess is the behavorials, technicals, and LBO modeling component would be the same, but regarding deal walkthroughs/discussions, how would I approach preparing for these considering the fact that we don't necessarily work on "deals" in consulting? Would they test this aspect of the interview in a different way? i.e. "pitch me a LBO" or something like that?

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