Adobe vs ByteDance Interview Questions
Adobe lists 148 LeetCode interview questions while ByteDance lists 64. They share 30 problems — 20% of Adobe's bank and 47% of ByteDance's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 118 Adobe-only and 34 ByteDance-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 30 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Adobe and ByteDance.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Adobe-specific problems like Group Anagrams, Special Binary String, Majority Element and ByteDance-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Adobe skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
30 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Adobe and ByteDance.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Climbing Stairs | Easy |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Jump Game | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Restore IP Addresses | Medium |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order Traversal | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Remove K Digits | Medium |
| Basic Calculator II | Medium |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Sliding Window Maximum | Hard |
| Combination Sum II | Medium |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Longest Repeating Character Replacement | Medium |
| Single Element in a Sorted Array | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Minimum Swaps to Group All 1's Together II | Medium |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
| Basic Calculator | Hard |
Unique to Adobe (118)
Problems in Adobe's list that do not appear at ByteDance.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| Majority Element | Easy |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Smallest Range II | Medium |
| Nim Game | Easy |
| Number of Increasing Paths in a Grid | Hard |
| Divide Intervals Into Minimum Number of Groups | Medium |
| Tenth Line | Easy |
| Delete Node in a Linked List | Medium |
Unique to ByteDance (34)
Problems in ByteDance's list that do not appear at Adobe.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Remove Duplicate Letters | Medium |
| Smallest Subsequence of Distinct Characters | Medium |
| First Day Where You Have Been in All the Rooms | Medium |
| Combination Sum | Medium |
| Shortest Bridge | Medium |
| Maximal Square | Medium |
| Regular Expression Matching | Hard |
| Design Memory Allocator | Medium |
| Longest Increasing Subsequence | Medium |
| Longest Common Subsequence | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Maximum Width of Binary Tree | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Adobe and ByteDance share?
Adobe and ByteDance share 30 LeetCode interview questions. 118 problems appear only in Adobe's list and 34 appear only in ByteDance's list.
What topics overlap most between Adobe and ByteDance?
The most common shared topics between Adobe and ByteDance are Array (16 shared questions), String (9 shared questions), Hash Table (7 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (6 shared questions), Breadth-First Search (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Adobe or ByteDance?
Adobe has 34 Easy, 93 Medium, and 21 Hard questions. ByteDance has 4 Easy, 51 Medium, and 9 Hard questions. Adobe has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Adobe and ByteDance?
Start with the 30 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Adobe-specific and 20 ByteDance-specific questions to round out your prep.