eBay vs NVIDIA Interview Questions
eBay lists 62 LeetCode interview questions while NVIDIA lists 136. They share 27 problems — 44% of eBay's bank and 20% of NVIDIA's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 35 eBay-only and 109 NVIDIA-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 27 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both eBay and NVIDIA.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add eBay-specific problems like Remove One Element to Make the Array Strictly Increasing, Alternating Digit Sum, Partition Equal Subset Sum and NVIDIA-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: eBay skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
27 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both eBay and NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Pow(x, n) | Medium |
| Set Matrix Zeroes | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| 3Sum | Medium |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
| Sort Colors | Medium |
| Maximal Square | Medium |
| Longest Continuous Subarray With Absolute Diff Less Than or Equal to Limit | Medium |
| Generate Parentheses | Medium |
| Find Peak Element | Medium |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Palindrome Linked List | Easy |
| Clone Graph | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Decode String | Medium |
| Find Median from Data Stream | Hard |
Unique to eBay (35)
Problems in eBay's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Remove One Element to Make the Array Strictly Increasing | Easy |
| Alternating Digit Sum | Easy |
| Partition Equal Subset Sum | Medium |
| Binary Gap | Easy |
| Minimize Maximum Pair Sum in Array | Medium |
| Minimum Window Subsequence | Hard |
| Design Skiplist | Hard |
| Subtree of Another Tree | Easy |
| Open the Lock | Medium |
| Binary Tree Cameras | Hard |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Reverse Pairs | Hard |
Unique to NVIDIA (109)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at eBay.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Minimum Operations to Reduce an Integer to 0 | Medium |
| Last Stone Weight | Easy |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Maximize Greatness of an Array | Medium |
| Maximum Number of Visible Points | Hard |
| Restore IP Addresses | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Reverse Bits | Easy |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do eBay and NVIDIA share?
eBay and NVIDIA share 27 LeetCode interview questions. 35 problems appear only in eBay's list and 109 appear only in NVIDIA's list.
What topics overlap most between eBay and NVIDIA?
The most common shared topics between eBay and NVIDIA are Array (15 shared questions), Hash Table (7 shared questions), Sorting (7 shared questions), String (6 shared questions), Matrix (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: eBay or NVIDIA?
eBay has 10 Easy, 39 Medium, and 13 Hard questions. NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. eBay has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both eBay and NVIDIA?
Start with the 27 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 eBay-specific and 20 NVIDIA-specific questions to round out your prep.