Interview type for more consultant-friendly funds

It appears that on-cycle has kicked off. For those of you currently in the heat of it (and those once in our shoes), what type of technicals should we expect from the consultant-friendly funds? Paper LBO? Case interview? Full-blown LBO with bells and whistles?

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