LinkedIn vs Yahoo Interview Questions
LinkedIn lists 141 LeetCode interview questions while Yahoo lists 34. They share 10 problems — 7% of LinkedIn's bank and 29% of Yahoo's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 131 LinkedIn-only and 24 Yahoo-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 10 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both LinkedIn and Yahoo.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add LinkedIn-specific problems like Max Stack, Nested List Weight Sum II, All O`one Data Structure and Yahoo-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
10 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both LinkedIn and Yahoo.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree | Hard |
| Maximum Depth of Binary Tree | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Flatten Nested List Iterator | Medium |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Combination Sum | Medium |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Validate Binary Search Tree | Medium |
Unique to LinkedIn (131)
Problems in LinkedIn's list that do not appear at Yahoo.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Max Stack | Hard |
| Nested List Weight Sum II | Medium |
| All O`one Data Structure | Hard |
| Word Ladder | 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 |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
Unique to Yahoo (24)
Problems in Yahoo's list that do not appear at LinkedIn.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Contains Duplicate | Easy |
| Largest Palindrome Product | Hard |
| Roman to Integer | Easy |
| Word Break | Medium |
| Linked List Cycle | Easy |
| Matrix Cells in Distance Order | Easy |
| Non-decreasing Subsequences | Medium |
| Maximum Distance in Arrays | Medium |
| Binary Number with Alternating Bits | Easy |
| Peeking Iterator | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do LinkedIn and Yahoo share?
LinkedIn and Yahoo share 10 LeetCode interview questions. 131 problems appear only in LinkedIn's list and 24 appear only in Yahoo's list.
What topics overlap most between LinkedIn and Yahoo?
The most common shared topics between LinkedIn and Yahoo are Array (4 shared questions), Tree (4 shared questions), Depth-First Search (4 shared questions), Design (3 shared questions), Binary Tree (3 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: LinkedIn or Yahoo?
LinkedIn has 25 Easy, 90 Medium, and 26 Hard questions. Yahoo has 11 Easy, 20 Medium, and 3 Hard questions. LinkedIn has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both LinkedIn and Yahoo?
Start with the 10 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 LinkedIn-specific and 20 Yahoo-specific questions to round out your prep.