NVIDIA vs PayPal Interview Questions
NVIDIA lists 136 LeetCode interview questions while PayPal lists 105. They share 44 problems — 32% of NVIDIA's bank and 42% of PayPal's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 92 NVIDIA-only and 61 PayPal-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 44 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both NVIDIA and PayPal.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add NVIDIA-specific problems like Special Binary String, Merge k Sorted Lists, Minimum Operations to Reduce an Integer to 0 and PayPal-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: PayPal skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
44 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both NVIDIA and PayPal.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Last Stone Weight | Easy |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Move Zeroes | Easy |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| House Robber | Medium |
| Minimum Absolute Difference | Easy |
| Rotate Image | Medium |
| Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree | Hard |
| Asteroid Collision | Medium |
| Jump Game | Medium |
| Valid Anagram | Easy |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Maximum Number of Events That Can Be Attended | Medium |
| Longest Consecutive Sequence | Medium |
| Climbing Stairs | Easy |
| Maximal Square | Medium |
| Find Median from Data Stream | Hard |
Showing top 30 of 44 shared problems.
Unique to NVIDIA (92)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at PayPal.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Minimum Operations to Reduce an Integer to 0 | Medium |
| Maximize Greatness of an Array | Medium |
| Maximum Number of Visible Points | Hard |
| Restore IP Addresses | Medium |
| Reverse Bits | Easy |
| Missing Number | Easy |
| Dot Product of Two Sparse Vectors | Medium |
| Task Scheduler II | Medium |
| Find the Duplicate Number | Medium |
| Reverse Words in a String | Medium |
Unique to PayPal (61)
Problems in PayPal's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do NVIDIA and PayPal share?
NVIDIA and PayPal share 44 LeetCode interview questions. 92 problems appear only in NVIDIA's list and 61 appear only in PayPal's list.
What topics overlap most between NVIDIA and PayPal?
The most common shared topics between NVIDIA and PayPal are Array (22 shared questions), Hash Table (8 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (7 shared questions), Sorting (7 shared questions), String (6 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: NVIDIA or PayPal?
NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. PayPal has 19 Easy, 69 Medium, and 17 Hard questions. PayPal has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both NVIDIA and PayPal?
Start with the 44 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 NVIDIA-specific and 20 PayPal-specific questions to round out your prep.