SAP vs Yandex Interview Questions
SAP lists 42 LeetCode interview questions while Yandex lists 128. They share 27 problems — 64% of SAP's bank and 21% of Yandex's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 15 SAP-only and 101 Yandex-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 27 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both SAP and Yandex.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add SAP-specific problems like Movie Rating, Maximum Path Quality of a Graph, Count the Number of Infection Sequences and Yandex-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: SAP skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
27 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both SAP and Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Palindrome Number | Easy |
| Search a 2D Matrix | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Valid Palindrome | Easy |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Linked List Cycle | Easy |
| Move Zeroes | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Coin Change | Medium |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Add Two Numbers | Medium |
| Implement Queue using Stacks | Easy |
| Palindrome Linked List | Easy |
| Daily Temperatures | Medium |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
Unique to SAP (15)
Problems in SAP's list that do not appear at Yandex.
Unique to Yandex (101)
Problems in Yandex's list that do not appear at SAP.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Longest Subarray of 1's After Deleting One Element | Medium |
| Summary Ranges | Easy |
| Maximize Distance to Closest Person | Medium |
| Find K Closest Elements | Medium |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| String Compression | Medium |
| Valid Palindrome II | Easy |
| One Edit Distance | Medium |
| Permutation in String | Medium |
| Isomorphic Strings | Easy |
| Line Reflection | Medium |
| Longest Strictly Increasing or Strictly Decreasing Subarray | Easy |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do SAP and Yandex share?
SAP and Yandex share 27 LeetCode interview questions. 15 problems appear only in SAP's list and 101 appear only in Yandex's list.
What topics overlap most between SAP and Yandex?
The most common shared topics between SAP and Yandex are Array (14 shared questions), Two Pointers (7 shared questions), Hash Table (6 shared questions), String (6 shared questions), Stack (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: SAP or Yandex?
SAP has 14 Easy, 21 Medium, and 7 Hard questions. Yandex has 51 Easy, 67 Medium, and 10 Hard questions. SAP has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both SAP and Yandex?
Start with the 27 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 15 SAP-specific and 20 Yandex-specific questions to round out your prep.