Yandex Software Engineer Interview Questions
34+ Yandex Software Engineer interview questions drawn from real candidate reports. Sources include 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode. Questions span every stage of the Yandex Software Engineer loop: OA, phone screen, system design, behavioral, and onsite coding.
What to Expect in the Yandex Software Engineer Interview
The Yandex Software Engineer interview process typically runs 4 to 6 rounds depending on seniority level. Based on candidate reports in the LeakCode database, the loop usually includes a resume review, an online assessment or coding phone screen, one or more technical rounds, a system design round (for senior and above), and a behavioral or values round.
Difficulty skews toward medium and hard LeetCode-style problems in the coding rounds. System design questions test breadth (component selection, scaling, trade-off reasoning) more than deep implementation. Behavioral questions are tied to the company's stated values and principles.
Yandex Software Engineer Questions (Sample)
#1493 Longest Subarray of 1's After Deleting One Element
LeetCode #1493: Longest Subarray of 1's After Deleting One Element. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array, Dynamic Programming, Sliding Window. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#849 Maximize Distance to Closest Person
LeetCode #849: Maximize Distance to Closest Person. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#560 Subarray Sum Equals K
LeetCode #560: Subarray Sum Equals K. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array, Hash Table, Prefix Sum. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#680 Valid Palindrome II
LeetCode #680: Valid Palindrome II. Difficulty: Easy. Topics: Two Pointers, String, Greedy. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#228 Summary Ranges
LeetCode #228: Summary Ranges. Difficulty: Easy. Topics: Array. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#658 Find K Closest Elements
LeetCode #658: Find K Closest Elements. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array, Two Pointers, Binary Search, Sliding Window, Sorting, Heap (Priority Queue). Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#3 Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
LeetCode #3: Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Hash Table, String, Sliding Window. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#3105 Longest Strictly Increasing or Strictly Decreasing Subarray
LeetCode #3105: Longest Strictly Increasing or Strictly Decreasing Subarray. Difficulty: Easy. Topics: Array. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#356 Line Reflection
LeetCode #356: Line Reflection. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array, Hash Table, Math. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#161 One Edit Distance
LeetCode #161: One Edit Distance. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Two Pointers, String. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#443 String Compression
LeetCode #443: String Compression. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Two Pointers, String. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#125 Valid Palindrome
LeetCode #125: Valid Palindrome. Difficulty: Easy. Topics: Two Pointers, String. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#11 Container With Most Water
LeetCode #11: Container With Most Water. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Array, Two Pointers, Greedy. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#438 Find All Anagrams in a String
LeetCode #438: Find All Anagrams in a String. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Hash Table, String, Sliding Window. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
#5 Longest Palindromic Substring
LeetCode #5: Longest Palindromic Substring. Difficulty: Medium. Topics: Two Pointers, String, Dynamic Programming. Asked at Yandex in the last 6 months.
Difficulty Breakdown
25
medium
9
easy
Based on 34 questions with difficulty labels from candidate reports.
Interview Rounds
Here is how the Yandex Software Engineer questions in the LeakCode database break down by interview round, based on what candidates reported:
| Round | Questions in Database |
|---|---|
| coding | 34 |
Most Common Topics
How to Prepare for the Yandex Software Engineer Interview
Use the LeakCode question database as your primary research tool. Filter by role (Software Engineer), then by round type to focus your prep on the specific stages in your upcoming loop. Sort by recency to see what 2026 candidates actually faced.
- Start with questions from the last 12 months. Interview processes change and recent data is the strongest signal.
- Cross-reference questions that appear in multiple sources (1p3a, Blind, Glassdoor). Multi-source confirmation means a question has stronger recurrence probability.
- For system design rounds: focus on the question patterns, not individual questions. The same design principles recur across many prompts.
- For behavioral rounds: map your experiences to the company's stated values before the interview. Most behavioral questions at top companies are derivatives of a small set of core leadership competencies.
FAQ
How many Yandex Software Engineer questions are in the database?
34+ questions from verified candidate reports. The count grows as new reports are scraped daily from 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode.
Are these questions from real Yandex interviews?
Yes. All questions are sourced from actual candidate interview reports, not generated by AI. Each entry links back to its source URL where available, and questions are tagged with the year and round reported by the candidate.
How current is this data?
LeakCode updates daily. The database is filtered to exclude duplicate and low-quality entries. You can filter by interview year to focus on recent cycles.
Does LeakCode cover Yandex OA questions specifically?
Yes. The database includes online assessment questions tagged with round type. See the Yandex OA page for a dedicated view.
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