Amazon vs Yandex Interview Questions
Amazon lists 1,968 LeetCode interview questions while Yandex lists 128. They share 119 problems — 6% of Amazon's bank and 93% of Yandex's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 1,849 Amazon-only and 9 Yandex-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 119 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Amazon and Yandex.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Amazon-specific problems like Reorganize String, 3Sum, Koko Eating Bananas and Yandex-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
119 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Amazon and Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Merge Sorted Array | Easy |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree | Medium |
| Generate Parentheses | Medium |
| Palindrome Number | Easy |
| Majority Element | Easy |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Merge Two Sorted Lists | Easy |
| Letter Combinations of a Phone Number | Medium |
| Sliding Window Maximum | Hard |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium |
| Valid Anagram | Easy |
Showing top 30 of 119 shared problems.
Unique to Amazon (1,849)
Problems in Amazon's list that do not appear at Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Reorganize String | Medium |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Koko Eating Bananas | Medium |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Longest Common Prefix | Easy |
| Longest Consecutive Sequence | Medium |
| Copy List with Random Pointer | Medium |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Jump Game | Medium |
| Climbing Stairs | Easy |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Course Schedule II | Medium |
Unique to Yandex (9)
Problems in Yandex's list that do not appear at Amazon.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| One Edit Distance | Medium |
| Line Reflection | Medium |
| Design an ATM Machine | Medium |
| Count Substrings Without Repeating Character | Medium |
| Product of Two Run-Length Encoded Arrays | Medium |
| Design an Ordered Stream | Easy |
| Allow One Function Call | Easy |
| Implement Rand10() Using Rand7() | Medium |
| Cinema Seat Allocation | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Amazon and Yandex share?
Amazon and Yandex share 119 LeetCode interview questions. 1849 problems appear only in Amazon's list and 9 appear only in Yandex's list.
What topics overlap most between Amazon and Yandex?
The most common shared topics between Amazon and Yandex are Array (18 shared questions), Hash Table (9 shared questions), String (7 shared questions), Sorting (6 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Amazon or Yandex?
Amazon has 527 Easy, 1074 Medium, and 367 Hard questions. Yandex has 51 Easy, 67 Medium, and 10 Hard questions. Amazon has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Amazon and Yandex?
Start with the 119 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Amazon-specific and 9 Yandex-specific questions to round out your prep.