compression on Binary Tree
Last updated: January 1, 2026
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Perform a compression on a binary tree and return the result.
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January 1, 20267
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Perform a compression on a binary tree and return the result.
This coding problem is frequently asked during Onsite at Workday. The interviewer is testing your ability to translate a problem into clean, working code while discussing time and space complexity. Workday expects candidates to write production-quality code, not just solve the puzzle.
What the Interviewer Expects
- Recognize the underlying problem pattern (sliding window, two pointers, BFS/DFS, etc.)
- Discuss multiple approaches and trade-offs before coding
- Implement an optimal solution with clean, production-quality code
- Handle all edge cases including boundary conditions and invalid input
- Optimize both time and space complexity with clear justification
- Test your solution systematically with well-chosen examples
Key Topics to Cover
How to Approach This
- Clarify input constraints and edge cases before writing code.
- Walk through your approach verbally and confirm with the interviewer before coding.
- Start with a brute force solution, then optimize. Mention time and space complexity.
- Test your solution with examples, including edge cases like empty input or duplicates.
- Consider common patterns: sliding window, two pointers, hash map, BFS/DFS, dynamic programming.
Possible Follow-up Questions
- How would your solution change if the input was sorted?
- Can you solve this iteratively instead of recursively (or vice versa)?
- What is the worst-case input for your solution?
- How would you parallelize this solution?
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Problem Analysis
To perform a compression on a binary tree, we need to identify the structure of the tree and how we can represent it in a compressed format. The problem likely involves traversing the tree and collect...
Approach
- Define the Compression Structure: First, we need to define how we will represent the compressed tree. One common representation is to use a list of values where we include the value of the node...
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