PE interview questions

Can people give some examples of variations you may have received of the question “Company A and Company B operate in the same sector, have same revenues but one grows at A% and the other at B%. Which one would you invest in and why?”. Would like to understand the structure of how the answer should be formulated. I have heard there are also some variations of the question where the companies have same growth profile but different leverage profiles. Thanks!

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