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by bmay 3386 days ago
Your comment:

> the question is to explain how the red-black tree algorithm works.

From your link:

> Sample questions included: What’s a Red-Black Tree and what would you use it for?

I don't see how those are equivalent.

I also don't see how the latter two questions are equivalent to asking an interviewee to "balance a red-black tree".