LinkedIn vs NVIDIA Interview Questions
LinkedIn lists 141 LeetCode interview questions while NVIDIA lists 136. They share 36 problems — 26% of LinkedIn's bank and 26% of NVIDIA's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 105 LinkedIn-only and 100 NVIDIA-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 36 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both LinkedIn and NVIDIA.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add LinkedIn-specific problems like Max Stack, Nested List Weight Sum II, All O`one Data Structure and NVIDIA-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
36 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both LinkedIn and NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Find the Celebrity | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Maximum Product Subarray | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Pow(x, n) | Medium |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree | Hard |
| Kth Largest Element in an Array | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Max Points on a Line | Hard |
| House Robber | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Merge Two Sorted Lists | Easy |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Sqrt(x) | Easy |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Find K Closest Elements | Medium |
| Rotate List | Medium |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Minimum Knight Moves | Medium |
| Task Scheduler | Medium |
| Shuffle an Array | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Merge Sorted Array | Easy |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy |
| Course Schedule II | Medium |
| Number of Visible People in a Queue | Hard |
Showing top 30 of 36 shared problems.
Unique to LinkedIn (105)
Problems in LinkedIn's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Max Stack | Hard |
| Nested List Weight Sum II | Medium |
| All O`one Data Structure | Hard |
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Nested List Weight Sum | Medium |
| Design Authentication Manager | Medium |
| Find Leaves of Binary Tree | Medium |
| Shortest Word Distance II | Medium |
| Max Consecutive Ones III | Medium |
| Can Place Flowers | Easy |
| Binary Tree Upside Down | Medium |
| Partition to K Equal Sum Subsets | Medium |
Unique to NVIDIA (100)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at LinkedIn.
| 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 |
| Restore IP Addresses | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Reverse Bits | Easy |
| Missing Number | Easy |
| Task Scheduler II | Medium |
| Find the Duplicate Number | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do LinkedIn and NVIDIA share?
LinkedIn and NVIDIA share 36 LeetCode interview questions. 105 problems appear only in LinkedIn's list and 100 appear only in NVIDIA's list.
What topics overlap most between LinkedIn and NVIDIA?
The most common shared topics between LinkedIn and NVIDIA are Array (16 shared questions), Math (6 shared questions), Two Pointers (5 shared questions), Hash Table (5 shared questions), Design (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: LinkedIn or NVIDIA?
LinkedIn has 25 Easy, 90 Medium, and 26 Hard questions. NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. LinkedIn has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both LinkedIn and NVIDIA?
Start with the 36 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 LinkedIn-specific and 20 NVIDIA-specific questions to round out your prep.