Snowflake vs Uber Interview Questions
Snowflake lists 100 LeetCode interview questions while Uber lists 362. They share 50 problems — 50% of Snowflake's bank and 14% of Uber's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 50 Snowflake-only and 312 Uber-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 50 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Snowflake and Uber.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Snowflake-specific problems like Parallel Courses III, Painting the Walls, Throne Inheritance and Uber-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Uber skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
50 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Snowflake and Uber.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Happy Number | Easy |
| Course Schedule II | Medium |
| Design In-Memory File System | Hard |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
| Word Search II | Hard |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Find All Anagrams in a String | Medium |
| Maximum Profit in Job Scheduling | Hard |
| Number of Ways to Form a Target String Given a Dictionary | Hard |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Parallel Courses | Medium |
| Course Schedule | Medium |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Boundary of Binary Tree | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Maximum Number of Events That Can Be Attended | Medium |
| Simplify Path | Medium |
| Basic Calculator | Hard |
| Time Based Key-Value Store | Medium |
| Remove Sub-Folders from the Filesystem | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Design Hit Counter | Medium |
| Copy List with Random Pointer | Medium |
| Task Scheduler | Medium |
| Regular Expression Matching | Hard |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| Graph Valid Tree | Medium |
| Making A Large Island | Hard |
| Random Pick with Weight | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 50 shared problems.
Unique to Snowflake (50)
Problems in Snowflake's list that do not appear at Uber.
Unique to Uber (312)
Problems in Uber's list that do not appear at Snowflake.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Snowflake and Uber share?
Snowflake and Uber share 50 LeetCode interview questions. 50 problems appear only in Snowflake's list and 312 appear only in Uber's list.
What topics overlap most between Snowflake and Uber?
The most common shared topics between Snowflake and Uber are Array (13 shared questions), Hash Table (11 shared questions), String (10 shared questions), Depth-First Search (6 shared questions), Design (6 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Snowflake or Uber?
Snowflake has 13 Easy, 67 Medium, and 20 Hard questions. Uber has 45 Easy, 215 Medium, and 102 Hard questions. Uber has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Snowflake and Uber?
Start with the 50 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Snowflake-specific and 20 Uber-specific questions to round out your prep.