Amazon vs LinkedIn Interview Questions
Amazon lists 1,968 LeetCode interview questions while LinkedIn lists 141. They share 123 problems — 6% of Amazon's bank and 87% of LinkedIn's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 1,845 Amazon-only and 18 LinkedIn-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 123 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Amazon and LinkedIn.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Amazon-specific problems like Trapping Rain Water, Group Anagrams, Add Two Numbers and LinkedIn-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Amazon skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
123 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Amazon and LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Koko Eating Bananas | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Merge Sorted Array | Easy |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree | Medium |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Merge Two Sorted Lists | Easy |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Letter Combinations of a Phone Number | Medium |
| Course Schedule II | Medium |
| Next Permutation | Medium |
| Task Scheduler | Medium |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Find First and Last Position of Element in Sorted Array | Medium |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
| Valid Sudoku | Medium |
| Max Consecutive Ones III | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 123 shared problems.
Unique to Amazon (1,845)
Problems in Amazon's list that do not appear at LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Reorganize String | Medium |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Longest Common Prefix | Easy |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Longest Consecutive Sequence | Medium |
Unique to LinkedIn (18)
Problems in LinkedIn's list that do not appear at Amazon.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Nested List Weight Sum II | Medium |
| Design Authentication Manager | Medium |
| Shortest Word Distance II | Medium |
| Binary Tree Upside Down | Medium |
| Building H2O | Medium |
| Factor Combinations | Medium |
| Sort Transformed Array | Medium |
| Count Integers in Intervals | Hard |
| Second Minimum Node In a Binary Tree | Easy |
| Shortest Word Distance III | Medium |
| Design Bounded Blocking Queue | Medium |
| Maximize Total Tastiness of Purchased Fruits | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Amazon and LinkedIn share?
Amazon and LinkedIn share 123 LeetCode interview questions. 1845 problems appear only in Amazon's list and 18 appear only in LinkedIn's list.
What topics overlap most between Amazon and LinkedIn?
The most common shared topics between Amazon and LinkedIn are Array (18 shared questions), Hash Table (9 shared questions), String (6 shared questions), Binary Search (5 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (4 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Amazon or LinkedIn?
Amazon has 527 Easy, 1074 Medium, and 367 Hard questions. LinkedIn has 25 Easy, 90 Medium, and 26 Hard questions. Amazon has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Amazon and LinkedIn?
Start with the 123 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Amazon-specific and 18 LinkedIn-specific questions to round out your prep.