Accenture vs IBM Interview Questions

Accenture lists 143 LeetCode interview questions while IBM lists 115. They share 33 problems — 23% of Accenture's bank and 29% of IBM's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 110 Accenture-only and 82 IBM-only questions.

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Overview

Accenture

143 questions

Easy 62Medium 69Hard 12
IBM

115 questions

Easy 33Medium 73Hard 9

Preparation Strategy

Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 33 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Accenture and IBM.

Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Accenture-specific problems like Smallest Divisible Digit Product II, Maximum Area of Longest Diagonal Rectangle, Sum of Values at Indices With K Set Bits and IBM-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.

Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Accenture skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.

Difficulty Comparison

Easy
Accenture
62
IBM
33
Medium
Accenture
69
IBM
73
Hard
Accenture
12
IBM
9

Top Shared Topics

33 Shared Questions

High-priority problems to practice for both Accenture and IBM.

ProblemDifficulty
Two SumEasy
Best Time to Buy and Sell StockEasy
Climbing StairsEasy
Maximum SubarrayMedium
Longest Substring Without Repeating CharactersMedium
Reverse IntegerMedium
Happy NumberEasy
Palindrome NumberEasy
Majority ElementEasy
Longest Palindromic SubstringMedium
Rotate ArrayMedium
Letter Combinations of a Phone NumberMedium
Subarray Sum Equals KMedium
Remove Duplicates from Sorted ArrayEasy
Roman to IntegerEasy
Median of Two Sorted ArraysHard
Merge Sorted ArrayEasy
Longest Common PrefixEasy
Intersection of Two ArraysEasy
3SumMedium
Merge IntervalsMedium
String CompressionMedium
Next PermutationMedium
Valid ParenthesesEasy
Rotate ImageMedium
Spiral MatrixMedium
Product of Array Except SelfMedium
Generate ParenthesesMedium
Integer to RomanMedium
Trapping Rain WaterHard

Showing top 30 of 33 shared problems.

Unique to Accenture (110)

Problems in Accenture's list that do not appear at IBM.

ProblemDifficulty
Smallest Divisible Digit Product IIHard
Maximum Area of Longest Diagonal RectangleEasy
Sum of Values at Indices With K Set BitsEasy
Permutation Difference between Two StringsEasy
Smallest Divisible Digit Product IEasy
Minimum Right Shifts to Sort the ArrayEasy
Ant on the BoundaryEasy
Count Tested Devices After Test OperationsEasy
Find Subsequence of Length K With the Largest SumEasy
Minimum Number of Operations to Have Distinct ElementsMedium
Delete and EarnMedium
Move ZeroesEasy

Unique to IBM (82)

Problems in IBM's list that do not appear at Accenture.

ProblemDifficulty
Find the Smallest Divisor Given a ThresholdMedium
Gray CodeMedium
Exclusive Time of FunctionsMedium
Minimum Operations to Make Columns Strictly IncreasingEasy
Fizz BuzzEasy
Count Ways to Group Overlapping RangesMedium
Meeting Rooms IIMedium
Minimum Absolute DifferenceEasy
Minimum Operations to Make All Array Elements EqualMedium
Number of Divisible Triplet SumsMedium
Minimum Operations to Make Median of Array Equal to KMedium
The kth Factor of nMedium

Frequently Asked Questions

How many LeetCode questions do Accenture and IBM share?

Accenture and IBM share 33 LeetCode interview questions. 110 problems appear only in Accenture's list and 82 appear only in IBM's list.

What topics overlap most between Accenture and IBM?

The most common shared topics between Accenture and IBM are Array (18 shared questions), Two Pointers (10 shared questions), Hash Table (9 shared questions), String (9 shared questions), Math (8 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.

Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Accenture or IBM?

Accenture has 62 Easy, 69 Medium, and 12 Hard questions. IBM has 33 Easy, 73 Medium, and 9 Hard questions. Accenture has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.

How should I prepare if interviewing at both Accenture and IBM?

Start with the 33 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Accenture-specific and 20 IBM-specific questions to round out your prep.

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