Adobe vs LinkedIn Interview Questions
Adobe lists 148 LeetCode interview questions while LinkedIn lists 141. They share 31 problems — 21% of Adobe's bank and 22% of LinkedIn's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 117 Adobe-only and 110 LinkedIn-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 31 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Adobe and LinkedIn.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Adobe-specific problems like Group Anagrams, Special Binary String, Majority Element and LinkedIn-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: LinkedIn skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
31 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Adobe and LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
| Integer to Roman | Medium |
| Next Permutation | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Maximum Product Subarray | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree | Medium |
| Koko Eating Bananas | Medium |
| Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order Traversal | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Flatten Nested List Iterator | Medium |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Binary Tree Level Order Traversal | Medium |
| Nested List Weight Sum | Medium |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Binary Search Tree Iterator | Medium |
| 01 Matrix | Medium |
| Random Pick with Weight | Medium |
| Max Consecutive Ones III | Medium |
| Pow(x, n) | Medium |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 31 shared problems.
Unique to Adobe (117)
Problems in Adobe's list that do not appear at LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| Majority Element | Easy |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Smallest Range II | Medium |
| Climbing Stairs | Easy |
| Nim Game | Easy |
| Number of Increasing Paths in a Grid | Hard |
| Divide Intervals Into Minimum Number of Groups | Medium |
| Tenth Line | Easy |
Unique to LinkedIn (110)
Problems in LinkedIn's list that do not appear at Adobe.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Max Stack | Hard |
| Nested List Weight Sum II | Medium |
| All O`one Data Structure | Hard |
| Find the Celebrity | Medium |
| Design Authentication Manager | Medium |
| Find Leaves of Binary Tree | Medium |
| Shortest Word Distance II | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Can Place Flowers | Easy |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Binary Tree Upside Down | Medium |
| Partition to K Equal Sum Subsets | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Adobe and LinkedIn share?
Adobe and LinkedIn share 31 LeetCode interview questions. 117 problems appear only in Adobe's list and 110 appear only in LinkedIn's list.
What topics overlap most between Adobe and LinkedIn?
The most common shared topics between Adobe and LinkedIn are Array (15 shared questions), Hash Table (6 shared questions), String (6 shared questions), Breadth-First Search (6 shared questions), Binary Search (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Adobe or LinkedIn?
Adobe has 34 Easy, 93 Medium, and 21 Hard questions. LinkedIn has 25 Easy, 90 Medium, and 26 Hard questions. LinkedIn has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Adobe and LinkedIn?
Start with the 31 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Adobe-specific and 20 LinkedIn-specific questions to round out your prep.