ByteDance vs NVIDIA Interview Questions
ByteDance lists 64 LeetCode interview questions while NVIDIA lists 136. They share 32 problems — 50% of ByteDance's bank and 24% of NVIDIA's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 32 ByteDance-only and 104 NVIDIA-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 32 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both ByteDance and NVIDIA.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add ByteDance-specific problems like Remove Duplicate Letters, Smallest Subsequence of Distinct Characters, First Day Where You Have Been in All the Rooms and NVIDIA-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: ByteDance skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
32 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both ByteDance and NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Maximal Square | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Design Memory Allocator | Medium |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Longest Increasing Subsequence | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Restore IP Addresses | Medium |
| Decode String | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Climbing Stairs | Easy |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Clone Graph | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List II | Medium |
| Find Peak Element | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Jump Game | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 32 shared problems.
Unique to ByteDance (32)
Problems in ByteDance's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
| 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 |
| Basic Calculator II | Medium |
| Shortest Bridge | Medium |
| Regular Expression Matching | Hard |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Combination Sum II | Medium |
| Longest Common Subsequence | Medium |
| Basic Calculator | Hard |
| Maximum Width of Binary Tree | Medium |
Unique to NVIDIA (104)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at ByteDance.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Minimum Operations to Reduce an Integer to 0 | Medium |
| Last Stone Weight | Easy |
| Maximize Greatness of an Array | Medium |
| Maximum Number of Visible Points | Hard |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy |
| Reverse Bits | Easy |
| Missing Number | Easy |
| Dot Product of Two Sparse Vectors | Medium |
| Task Scheduler II | Medium |
| Find the Duplicate Number | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do ByteDance and NVIDIA share?
ByteDance and NVIDIA share 32 LeetCode interview questions. 32 problems appear only in ByteDance's list and 104 appear only in NVIDIA's list.
What topics overlap most between ByteDance and NVIDIA?
The most common shared topics between ByteDance and NVIDIA are Array (18 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (9 shared questions), Hash Table (8 shared questions), String (5 shared questions), Linked List (4 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: ByteDance or NVIDIA?
ByteDance has 4 Easy, 51 Medium, and 9 Hard questions. NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. ByteDance has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both ByteDance and NVIDIA?
Start with the 32 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 ByteDance-specific and 20 NVIDIA-specific questions to round out your prep.