LinkedIn vs Snapchat Interview Questions
LinkedIn lists 141 LeetCode interview questions while Snapchat lists 99. They share 25 problems — 18% of LinkedIn's bank and 25% of Snapchat's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 116 LinkedIn-only and 74 Snapchat-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 25 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both LinkedIn and Snapchat.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add LinkedIn-specific problems like Max Stack, Nested List Weight Sum II, All O`one Data Structure and Snapchat-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Snapchat skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
25 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both LinkedIn and Snapchat.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Word Ladder | Hard |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
| Letter Combinations of a Phone Number | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Accounts Merge | Medium |
| Edit Distance | Medium |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Task Scheduler | Medium |
| Possible Bipartition | Medium |
| Valid Sudoku | Medium |
| K Closest Points to Origin | Medium |
| Combination Sum | Medium |
| Course Schedule II | Medium |
| Koko Eating Bananas | Medium |
| Random Pick with Weight | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Design Add and Search Words Data Structure | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Reorder List | Medium |
Unique to LinkedIn (116)
Problems in LinkedIn's list that do not appear at Snapchat.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Max Stack | Hard |
| Nested List Weight Sum II | Medium |
| All O`one Data Structure | Hard |
| Find the Celebrity | Medium |
| Nested List Weight Sum | Medium |
| Design Authentication Manager | Medium |
| Find Leaves of Binary Tree | Medium |
| Shortest Word Distance II | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Max Consecutive Ones III | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Maximum Product Subarray | Medium |
Unique to Snapchat (74)
Problems in Snapchat's list that do not appear at LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Meeting Rooms II | Medium |
| Sudoku Solver | Hard |
| Combination Sum II | Medium |
| Wildcard Matching | Hard |
| Unique Binary Search Trees | Medium |
| Word Break II | Hard |
| Reverse Words in a String | Medium |
| One Edit Distance | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Basic Calculator II | Medium |
| Alien Dictionary | Hard |
| Closest Binary Search Tree Value | Easy |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do LinkedIn and Snapchat share?
LinkedIn and Snapchat share 25 LeetCode interview questions. 116 problems appear only in LinkedIn's list and 74 appear only in Snapchat's list.
What topics overlap most between LinkedIn and Snapchat?
The most common shared topics between LinkedIn and Snapchat are Array (14 shared questions), Hash Table (9 shared questions), String (7 shared questions), Breadth-First Search (5 shared questions), Depth-First Search (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: LinkedIn or Snapchat?
LinkedIn has 25 Easy, 90 Medium, and 26 Hard questions. Snapchat has 6 Easy, 62 Medium, and 31 Hard questions. Snapchat has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both LinkedIn and Snapchat?
Start with the 25 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 LinkedIn-specific and 20 Snapchat-specific questions to round out your prep.