I have been interviewing candidates for 20+ years now and that precise language has been refined. Any super-strong opinion one way or the other is itself a great bit of information, especially among a candidate who lists both Java&#x2F;C# and C&#x2F;C++ on his resume.<p>If it makes you feel any better, in the early 90s the question was &quot;what&#x27;s wrong with malloc?&quot; And I&#x27;m sure you&#x27;d do just fine. Amazing how many people don&#x27;t, though. Better predictor of success than any of this &quot;walk a tree&quot; nonsense and no whiteboard required.