Visa vs Yandex Interview Questions
Visa lists 146 LeetCode interview questions while Yandex lists 128. They share 41 problems — 28% of Visa's bank and 32% of Yandex's. Focus on the overlap first, then drill into 105 Visa-only and 87 Yandex-only questions.
Overview
Preparation Strategy
Step 1 — Shared core: Solve the 41 overlapping problems first. These are the highest-yield questions for candidates interviewing at both Visa and Yandex.
Step 2 — Company-specific depth: Add Visa-specific problems like Length of Longest V-Shaped Diagonal Segment, Rotating the Box, Split the Array and Yandex-specific problems from the exclusive lists below.
Step 3 — Difficulty tuning: Visa skews harder in our data. Budget extra time for Hard problems if you are targeting that company.
Difficulty Comparison
Top Shared Topics
41 Shared Questions
High-priority problems to practice for both Visa and Yandex.
| Problem | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Text Justification | Hard |
| Two Sum | Easy |
| Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters | Medium |
| Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Easy |
| LRU Cache | Medium |
| Group Anagrams | Medium |
| Simplify Path | Medium |
| Merge Intervals | Medium |
| Trapping Rain Water | Hard |
| Maximum Subarray | Medium |
| Longest Palindromic Substring | Medium |
| Number of Islands | Medium |
| Valid Parentheses | Easy |
| Spiral Matrix | Medium |
| Reverse Linked List | Easy |
| Longest Continuous Subarray With Absolute Diff Less Than or Equal to Limit | Medium |
| Container With Most Water | Medium |
| Merge Two Sorted Lists | Easy |
| Subarray Sum Equals K | Medium |
| Product of Array Except Self | Medium |
| Find Median from Data Stream | Hard |
| Add Strings | Easy |
| Top K Frequent Elements | Medium |
| Add Binary | Easy |
| Median of Two Sorted Arrays | Hard |
| Daily Temperatures | Medium |
| Sliding Window Maximum | Hard |
| Longest Increasing Subsequence | Medium |
| Two Sum II - Input Array Is Sorted | Medium |
| Binary Tree Right Side View | Medium |
Showing top 30 of 41 shared problems.
Unique to Visa (105)
Problems in Visa's list that do not appear at Yandex.
Unique to Yandex (87)
Problems in Yandex's list that do not appear at Visa.
| 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 |
| String Compression | Medium |
| Move Zeroes | Easy |
| One Edit Distance | Medium |
| Permutation in String | Medium |
| Isomorphic Strings | Easy |
| Line Reflection | Medium |
| Longest Strictly Increasing or Strictly Decreasing Subarray | Easy |
| Find All Anagrams in a String | Medium |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many LeetCode questions do Visa and Yandex share?
Visa and Yandex share 41 LeetCode interview questions. 105 problems appear only in Visa's list and 87 appear only in Yandex's list.
What topics overlap most between Visa and Yandex?
The most common shared topics between Visa and Yandex are Array (19 shared questions), String (8 shared questions), Hash Table (6 shared questions), Dynamic Programming (5 shared questions), Two Pointers (5 shared questions). Mastering these areas prepares you for both companies.
Which company asks harder LeetCode questions: Visa or Yandex?
Visa has 32 Easy, 92 Medium, and 22 Hard questions. Yandex has 51 Easy, 67 Medium, and 10 Hard questions. Visa has a higher proportion of Hard problems in its interview set.
How should I prepare if interviewing at both Visa and Yandex?
Start with the 41 shared problems since they cover what both companies ask most often. Then add 20 Visa-specific and 20 Yandex-specific questions to round out your prep.