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Top 50 Data Structures Interview Questions

The most frequently asked Data Structures questions across all roles and companies, ranked by real interview frequency. Updated daily.

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RecursionStart here. 7 questions · ~175 min
Check Palindrome StringEasy
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Use a two-pointer string scan to determine whether a string reads the same forward and backward.

RecursionStringsData StructuresDsv Air & SeaLucid MotorsAfterquery
Merge Two Sorted Linked ListsMedium
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Merge two sorted linked lists in ascending order using an iterative two-pointer technique.

RecursionCodingLinked ListsCognizantJioNagarro
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Hash Tables3 questions · ~75 min
O(1) Insert Delete Random SetEasy
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Implement a set-like structure using an array and hash map to support insert, delete, and random access in average O(1) time.

Hash TablesArraysData StructuresWorldQuant360LearningAsana Spa
O(1) Cache DesignHard
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Implement an LRU cache with O(1) get and put operations using a hash map and doubly linked list.

Hash TablesLinked ListscachingCollins AerospaceLarsen & ToubroDel Rey Systems & Technology
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Arrays3 questions · ~75 min
Custom Similarity Search for VectorsHard
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Implement seeded random-hyperplane locality-sensitive hashing to return the most similar high-dimensional vectors.

ArraysData StructuresAlgorithmsCConfidential CompanyAAlexander CollegeMercedes-Benz Group
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coding challenge8 questions · ~200 min
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Coding7 questions · ~175 min
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Data Structures6 questions · ~150 min
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More topics16 questions · ~400 min
Analyze Time and Space ComplexityMedium
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Explain the time and auxiliary space complexity of duplicate detection using a hash set.

space complexitytime complexityArraysWestern DigitalCCodingmart TechnologiesEnterprise Products
Detect Cycle in Linked ListMedium
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Detect whether a linked list contains a cycle using Floyd's tortoise-and-hare algorithm in O(n) time and O(1) space.

Linked ListsData Structurescycle detectionTTripJackLumenaltaJ.P. Morgan
Shortest Path in GraphsMedium
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Find the minimum-cost path between two graph nodes using Dijkstra's algorithm.

QueueSearchingData StructuresReliance IndustriesRobert BoschUniversity of Houston
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