Uber vs Yandex Interview Questions
Uber lists 362 LeetCode interview questions while Yandex lists 128. They share 60 problems — 17% of Uber's bank and 47% of Yandex's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 302 Uber-only and 68 Yandex-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 60 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Uber and Yandex.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Uber-specific problems like Bus Routes, Alien Dictionary, Number of Islands II and Yandex-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
60 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Uber and Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Longest Continuous Subarray With Absolute Diff Less Than or Equal to Limit | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Squares of a Sorted Array | Easy |
| Insert Delete GetRandom O(1) | Medium |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Design Hit Counter | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Text Justification | Hard |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium |
| Letter Combinations of a Phone Number | Medium |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Search in Rotated Sorted Array | Medium |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Minimum Window Substring | Hard |
| Valid Anagram | Easy |
| Merge k Sorted Lists | Hard |
| Rotting Oranges | Medium |
| Coin Change | Medium |
| Valid Palindrome | Easy |
| Min Stack | Medium |
| Generate Parentheses | Medium |
| Swap Nodes in Pairs | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| One Edit Distance | Medium |
| Binary Tree Right Side View | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Find Median from Data Stream | Hard |
| Sliding Window Maximum | Hard |
Showing top 30 of 60 shared problems.
Unique to Uber (302)
Problems in Uber's list that do not appear at Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Bus Routes | Hard |
| Alien Dictionary | Hard |
| Number of Islands II | Hard |
| Construct Quad Tree | Medium |
| Kth Smallest Element in a BST | Medium |
| First Unique Number | Medium |
| Find the Closest Palindrome | Hard |
| Word Search | Medium |
| Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable | Hard |
| Word Search II | Hard |
| My Calendar I | Medium |
| Count Paths That Can Form a Palindrome in a Tree | Hard |
Unique to Yandex (68)
Problems in Yandex's list that do not appear at Uber.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Uber and Yandex share?
Uber and Yandex share 60 LeetCode interview questions. 302 problems appear only in Uber's list and 68 appear only in Yandex's list.
What topics overlap most between Uber and Yandex?
The most common shared topics between Uber and Yandex are Array (17 shared questions), Hash Table (8 shared questions), String (8 shared questions), Sorting (6 shared questions), Heap (Priority Queue) (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Uber or Yandex?
Uber has 45 Easy, 215 Medium, and 102 Hard questions. Yandex has 51 Easy, 67 Medium, and 10 Hard questions. Uber has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Uber and Yandex?
Start with the 60 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Uber-specific and 20 Yandex-specific questions to round out your prep.