NVIDIA vs Yandex Interview Questions
NVIDIA lists 136 LeetCode interview questions while Yandex lists 128. They share 42 problems — 31% of NVIDIA's bank and 33% of Yandex's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 94 NVIDIA-only and 86 Yandex-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 42 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both NVIDIA and Yandex.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add NVIDIA-specific problems like Special Binary String, Minimum Operations to Reduce an Integer to 0, Last Stone Weight and Yandex-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: NVIDIA skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
42 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both NVIDIA and Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Move Zeroes | Easy |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| 4Sum | Medium |
| Sliding Window Maximum | Hard |
| Merge Sorted Array | Easy |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Valid Anagram | Easy |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| String Compression | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Palindrome Linked List | Easy |
| Generate Parentheses | Medium |
| Find Median from Data Stream | Hard |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 42 shared problems.
Unique to NVIDIA (94)
Problems in NVIDIA's list that do not appear at Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Special Binary String | Hard |
| 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 |
| Fizz Buzz | Easy |
| Reverse Bits | Easy |
| Missing Number | Easy |
| Dot Product of Two Sparse Vectors | Medium |
| Task Scheduler II | Medium |
| Find the Duplicate Number | Medium |
Unique to Yandex (86)
Problems in Yandex's list that do not appear at NVIDIA.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do NVIDIA and Yandex share?
NVIDIA and Yandex share 42 LeetCode interview questions. 94 problems appear only in NVIDIA's list and 86 appear only in Yandex's list.
What topics overlap most between NVIDIA and Yandex?
The most common shared topics between NVIDIA and Yandex are Array (18 shared questions), Hash Table (8 shared questions), Two Pointers (8 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 Yandex?
NVIDIA has 32 Easy, 89 Medium, and 15 Hard questions. Yandex has 51 Easy, 67 Medium, and 10 Hard questions. NVIDIA has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both NVIDIA and Yandex?
Start with the 42 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 NVIDIA-specific and 20 Yandex-specific questions to round out your prep.