36 problems · 8 Easy, 23 Medium, 5 Hard · Ranked #57 of 458
Difficulty breakdown
8 Easy
22% · avg 23%
23 Medium
64% · avg 59%
5 Hard
14% · avg 18%
Top topics
array
66.7%
hash-table
30.6%
string
27.8%
sorting
22.2%1.5x
depth-first-search
13.9%1.5x
binary-search
13.9%1.6x
Interview profile
Based on 36 reported problems, Netflix interviews are in line with industry averages - 14% Hard vs 18% overall. The majority (64%) of questions are Medium difficulty, which is typical for companies that want to see solid fundamentals without excessive trick questions.
Compared to the industry average, Netflix puts unusual emphasis on bucket-sort (8.3% of problems, 10.7x the industry average), randomized (5.6% of problems, 6x the industry average), ordered-set (5.6% of problems, 5.5x the industry average). If you're short on time, these are the categories to double down on.
The most common topics are array (66.7%), hash-table (30.6%), string (27.8%), sorting (22.2%). Problems below are sorted by frequency, the ones at the top are asked most often.
All 36 problems
Problem
Difficulty
Frequency
Topics
Merge Intervals
Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], merge all overlapping intervals, and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals that cove...
You are given a list of airline tickets where tickets[i] = [fromi, toi] represent the departure and the arrival airports of one flight. Reconstruct the itinerar...
Design a time-based key-value data structure that can store multiple values for the same key at different time stamps and retrieve the key's value at a certain...
You are given a nested list of integers nestedList. Each element is either an integer or a list whose elements may also be integers or other lists. Implement an...
Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return true if there are two distinct indices i and j in the array such that nums[i] == nums[j] and abs(i - j) <=...
Given an array of integers temperatures represents the daily temperatures, return an array answer such that answer[i] is the number of days you have to wait aft...
There are a total of numCourses courses you have to take, labeled from 0 to numCourses - 1. You are given an array prerequisites where prerequisites[i] = [ai, b...
Implement a first in first out (FIFO) queue using only two stacks. The implemented queue should support all the functions of a normal queue (push, peek, pop, an...
You are given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2, sorted in non-decreasing order, and two integers m and n, representing the number of elements in nums1 and num...
Given a string s and a dictionary of strings wordDict, return true if s can be segmented into a space-separated sequence of one or more dictionary words.
You are given a 0-indexed 2D integer array flowers, where flowers[i] = [starti, endi] means the ith flower will be in full bloom from starti to endi (inclusive)...
Given an array of strings words and a width maxWidth, format the text such that each line has exactly maxWidth characters and is fully (left and right) justifie...
You are given a network of n nodes, labeled from 1 to n. You are also given times, a list of travel times as directed edges times[i] = (ui, vi, wi), where ui is...
Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], merge all overlapping intervals, and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals that cove...
You are given a list of airline tickets where tickets[i] = [fromi, toi] represent the departure and the arrival airports of one flight. Reconstruct the itinerar...
Design a time-based key-value data structure that can store multiple values for the same key at different time stamps and retrieve the key's value at a certain...
You are given a nested list of integers nestedList. Each element is either an integer or a list whose elements may also be integers or other lists. Implement an...
Given an integer array nums and an integer k, return true if there are two distinct indices i and j in the array such that nums[i] == nums[j] and abs(i - j) <=...
Given an array of integers temperatures represents the daily temperatures, return an array answer such that answer[i] is the number of days you have to wait aft...
There are a total of numCourses courses you have to take, labeled from 0 to numCourses - 1. You are given an array prerequisites where prerequisites[i] = [ai, b...
Implement a first in first out (FIFO) queue using only two stacks. The implemented queue should support all the functions of a normal queue (push, peek, pop, an...
You are given two integer arrays nums1 and nums2, sorted in non-decreasing order, and two integers m and n, representing the number of elements in nums1 and num...
Given a string s and a dictionary of strings wordDict, return true if s can be segmented into a space-separated sequence of one or more dictionary words.
You are given a 0-indexed 2D integer array flowers, where flowers[i] = [starti, endi] means the ith flower will be in full bloom from starti to endi (inclusive)...
Given an array of strings words and a width maxWidth, format the text such that each line has exactly maxWidth characters and is fully (left and right) justifie...
You are given a network of n nodes, labeled from 1 to n. You are also given times, a list of travel times as directed edges times[i] = (ui, vi, wi), where ui is...
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How often are these problems asked?
Frequency scores are based on crowdsourced interview reports. A higher score means the problem has been reported more often in recent Netflix interviews.
Very Likely
75-100%
Likely
50-74%
Sometimes
25-49%
Rare
0-24%
Preparing for your Netflix coding interview
Netflix interviews focus heavily on array, hash-table, string problems. If you're short on time, these are the categories to prioritize. The problems on this page are sorted by frequency, so start from the top and work your way down.
Beyond solving problems, practice explaining your approach. Netflix interviewers care about your thought process - how you break down a problem, consider edge cases, and evaluate tradeoffs between solutions. A clean O(n) solution you can explain clearly beats an O(log n) solution you can't articulate.
What coding problems does Netflix ask in interviews?add
Netflix has been reported to ask 36 distinct coding problems. The most common topics are array, hash-table, string. 8 are Easy difficulty, 23 are Medium, and 5 are Hard. Problems are sorted by frequency - the ones at the top are asked most often.
How hard are Netflix coding interviews?add
Based on 36 reported problems, Netflix interviews are in line with industry averages - 14% Hard vs 18% overall. 64% of questions are Medium difficulty. Focus on the high-frequency Medium problems first, then work through the Hard ones.
How should I prepare for a Netflix coding interview?add
Start with the highest-frequency problems listed on this page. Focus on the core topics: array, hash-table, string. Practice solving them under time pressure and explaining your approach out loud. Mock interviews with AI can simulate the real experience.
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