Software Engineer Coding & Algorithms Interview Questions

Practice 2,712 real Coding & Algorithms interview questions for Software Engineer roles. From companies including Meta, Amazon, Google, Uber, Microsoft.

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Dropbox
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Build a hit/miss word guessing game

This question evaluates implementation skills in managing stateful systems and data structures for pattern matching, as well as algorithmic and advers...

Coding & Algorithms
8
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162 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Google
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Determine whether two nodes are related

This question evaluates understanding of graph representations, reachability and connectivity concepts for ancestry relationships, including handling ...

Coding & Algorithms
29
1
198 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Tesla
Hard
Software Engineer Locked

Coordinate workers across two exclusive targets

This question evaluates proficiency in concurrent programming and synchronization, focusing on safe resource coordination, mutual exclusion, utilizati...

Coding & Algorithms
8
0
114 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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TikTok
Hard
Software Engineer Locked

Solve three string/stack/backtracking problems

This set evaluates proficiency with algorithmic patterns—stack-based and monotonic-stack reasoning for visibility problems, backtracking for combinato...

Coding & Algorithms
3
0
49 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Microsoft
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Implement a rate limiter at scale

This question evaluates understanding of algorithmic and system-level design for per-key rate limiting, including data structures, time/space complexi...

Coding & Algorithms
7
0
83 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Amazon
Easy
Software EngineerIntern Locked

Print all odd numbers from an integer list

This question evaluates proficiency with array/list manipulation, parity checking, and handling edge cases such as negative values and integers outsid...

Coding & Algorithms
6
0
80 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Crowdstrike
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Count connected components in a binary grid

This question evaluates understanding of graph traversal and connected-components detection on a 2D grid, measuring the ability to model grid cells as...

Coding & Algorithms
6
0
63 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Bloomberg
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Count islands by requested sizes

This question evaluates a candidate's understanding of grid connectivity, identification of connected components, and the ability to aggregate compone...

Coding & Algorithms
22
0
159 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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J.P. Morgan
Easy
Software Engineer Locked

Group strings that are anagrams

This question evaluates skills in string manipulation, grouping by character composition, and the use of hashing or sorting techniques to construct ke...

Coding & Algorithms
3
0
40 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Netflix
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Find longest run of identical consecutive shows

This question evaluates array-manipulation skills and the ability to identify contiguous runs of equal values, emphasizing algorithmic efficiency and ...

Coding & Algorithms
4
0
71 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Netflix
Medium
Software Engineer

Dedupe titles in per-shelf viewport

You are rendering a streaming app home page. - The home page consists of shelves displayed from top to bottom. - Each shelf contains a list of titleId...

Coding & Algorithms
12
1
101 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Airbnb
Hard
Software Engineer Locked

Detect overlap of two linked lists with cycles

This question evaluates understanding of linked list data structures, cycle detection techniques, pointer/reference identity, and algorithmic time/spa...

Coding & Algorithms
3
0
47 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Salesforce
Medium
Software Engineer

Implement a traffic-light UI with JS

Frontend Coding: Traffic Light Build a simple traffic light component using HTML + CSS + JavaScript. Requirements - Render a vertical traffic light wi...

Coding & Algorithms
11
0
163 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Ge
Medium
Software Engineer

Minimize total distance to a store

Question 1: Choose a CVS location to minimize total distance You are given an M x N grid grid containing only 0 and 1. - grid[r][c] = 1 means there is...

Coding & Algorithms
5
0
41 people solved
Jan 22, 2026
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Sierra
Medium
Software Engineer

Process time intervals and detect overlaps/gaps

You are given n time intervals representing debug log segments. Each interval has a start time, an end time, and an associated text message. - Each in...

Coding & Algorithms
39
0
402 people solved
Nov 14, 2025
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Attentive
Medium
Software EngineerNew Grad

Remove Repeated Character Groups

You are given a string s and an integer k. Repeatedly remove any contiguous group of k identical characters. After a removal, the remaining parts of t...

Coding & Algorithms
5
0
39 people solved
Apr 13, 2026
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OpenAI
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Implement Social Graph Snapshot Queries

This question evaluates understanding of graph data structures, query-efficient indexing, and algorithmic trade-offs for static directed graphs, inclu...

Coding & Algorithms
4
0
63 people solved
Apr 13, 2026
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TikTok
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Find a valid course order from prerequisites

This question evaluates understanding of graph algorithms, topological ordering, dependency resolution, and cycle detection within the Coding & Algori...

Coding & Algorithms
5
0
53 people solved
Jan 20, 2026
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Harvey
Medium
Software Engineer

Implement a Hierarchical File System

Implement an in-memory hierarchical file system. Create a class FileSystem with the following methods: - FileSystem() initializes an empty file system...

Coding & Algorithms
0
0
13 people solved
Apr 12, 2026
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Bytedance
Medium
Software Engineer Locked

Implement an LRU Cache

This question evaluates competency in designing efficient stateful data structures, understanding cache eviction policies (least recently used), and m...

Coding & Algorithms
1
0
23 people solved
Apr 12, 2026

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