DE ShawLeetCode Questions
VerifiedCompany-wise coding interview questions asked by DE Shaw, ranked by real frequency across 30-day, 3-month, and 6-month recency windows.
# | Problem | Difficulty | Frequency↓ | Acceptance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #968 | Binary Tree Cameras3 sources | Hard | 100% | 48.0% | |
| #3469 | Medium | 88% | 22.0% | ||
| #3628 | Medium | 83% | 32.1% | ||
| #1326 | Hard | 79% | 51.0% | ||
| #2875 | Medium | 77% | 32.4% | ||
| #17 | Medium | 75% | 66.4% | ||
| #2920 | Hard | 75% | 36.9% | ||
| #2542 | Maximum Subsequence Score3 sources | Medium | 75% | 54.8% | |
| #3332 | Maximum Points Tourist Can Earn3 sources | Medium | 75% | 47.9% | |
| #2984 | Medium | 75% | 61.4% | ||
| #3323 | Medium | 75% | 50.1% | ||
| #3383 | Minimum Runes to Add to Cast Spell3 sources | Hard | 75% | 44.7% | |
| #1122 | Relative Sort Array3 sources | Easy | 75% | 75.3% | |
| #2171 | Medium | 75% | 44.8% | ||
| #3108 | Minimum Cost Walk in Weighted Graph3 sources | Hard | 75% | 68.2% | |
| #3209 | Hard | 75% | 35.6% | ||
| #1358 | Medium | 75% | 74.4% | ||
| #1679 | Max Number of K-Sum Pairs3 sources | Medium | 75% | 57.2% | |
| #1927 | Sum Game3 sources | Medium | 75% | 49.5% | |
| #3077 | Hard | 75% | 28.1% | ||
| #3082 | Hard | 75% | 38.7% | ||
| #3085 | Medium | 75% | 67.1% | ||
| #1262 | Greatest Sum Divisible by Three3 sources | Medium | 75% | 57.0% | |
| #2343 | Query Kth Smallest Trimmed Number3 sources | Medium | 75% | 47.9% | |
| #2352 | Equal Row and Column Pairs3 sources | Medium | 75% | 71.1% | |
| #2430 | Maximum Deletions on a String3 sources | Hard | 75% | 36.2% | |
| #2387 | Median of a Row Wise Sorted Matrix3 sources | Medium | 75% | 71.3% | |
| #2660 | Easy | 75% | 37.9% | ||
| #2558 | Take Gifts From the Richest Pile3 sources | Easy | 75% | 75.5% | |
| #2644 | Find the Maximum Divisibility Score3 sources | Easy | 75% | 52.1% | |
| #2800 | Medium | 75% | 32.0% | ||
| #2972 | Hard | 75% | 40.5% | ||
| #239 | Sliding Window Maximum3 sources | Hard | 68% | 49.0% | |
| #871 | Minimum Number of Refueling Stops3 sources | Hard | 68% | 41.6% | |
| #767 | Reorganize String3 sources | Medium | 65% | 57.3% | |
| #42 | Trapping Rain Water3 sources | Hard | 63% | 67.7% | |
| #380 | Insert Delete GetRandom O(1)3 sources | Medium | 63% | 55.4% | |
| #169 | Majority Element3 sources | Easy | 63% | 66.4% | |
| #2434 | Medium | 63% | 62.2% | ||
| #20 | Valid Parentheses3 sources | Easy | 63% | 44.5% | |
| #779 | K-th Symbol in Grammar3 sources | Medium | 63% | 48.5% | |
| #440 | Hard | 63% | 46.4% | ||
| #198 | House Robber3 sources | Medium | 63% | 53.4% | |
| #668 | Hard | 61% | 54.4% | ||
| #696 | Count Binary Substrings3 sources | Easy | 61% | 70.5% | |
| #4 | Median of Two Sorted Arrays3 sources | Hard | 57% | 47.0% | |
| #152 | Maximum Product Subarray3 sources | Medium | 57% | 36.7% | |
| #735 | Asteroid Collision3 sources | Medium | 57% | 48.4% | |
| #1642 | Furthest Building You Can Reach3 sources | Medium | 57% | 51.0% | |
| #424 | Medium | 57% | 60.1% | ||
| #146 | LRU Cache3 sources | Medium | 52% | 47.6% | |
| #3 | Medium | 52% | 39.4% | ||
| #128 | Longest Consecutive Sequence3 sources | Medium | 50% | 47.2% | |
| #2551 | Put Marbles in Bags3 sources | Hard | 50% | 72.1% | |
| #2617 | Hard | 50% | 24.0% | ||
| #1283 | Medium | 50% | 66.3% | ||
| #475 | Heaters3 sources | Medium | 50% | 42.2% | |
| #1574 | Medium | 50% | 51.4% | ||
| #829 | Consecutive Numbers Sum3 sources | Hard | 50% | 42.8% | |
| #518 | Coin Change II3 sources | Medium | 50% | 59.6% | |
| #1048 | Longest String Chain3 sources | Medium | 50% | 63.3% | |
| #3281 | Maximize Score of Numbers in Ranges3 sources | Medium | 50% | 35.9% | |
| #2104 | Sum of Subarray Ranges3 sources | Medium | 50% | 61.5% | |
| #2221 | Find Triangular Sum of an Array3 sources | Medium | 50% | 82.0% | |
| #200 | Number of Islands3 sources | Medium | 50% | 64.7% | |
| #994 | Rotting Oranges3 sources | Medium | 50% | 59.0% | |
| #1000 | Minimum Cost to Merge Stones3 sources | Hard | 50% | 46.4% | |
| #74 | Search a 2D Matrix3 sources | Medium | 50% | 54.3% | |
| #752 | Open the Lock3 sources | Medium | 50% | 61.4% | |
| #875 | Koko Eating Bananas3 sources | Medium | 50% | 50.2% | |
| #168 | Excel Sheet Column Title3 sources | Easy | 50% | 46.9% | |
| #3016 | Medium | 50% | 80.0% | ||
| #470 | Medium | 50% | 46.5% | ||
| #68 | Text Justification3 sources | Hard | 46% | 51.5% | |
| #2062 | Count Vowel Substrings of a String2 sources | Easy | 46% | 0.7% | |
| #227 | Basic Calculator II3 sources | Medium | 38% | 47.0% | |
| #852 | Peak Index in a Mountain Array3 sources | Medium | 38% | 66.8% | |
| #122 | Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock II3 sources | Medium | 38% | 71.3% | |
| #209 | Minimum Size Subarray Sum3 sources | Medium | 38% | 52.2% | |
| #18 | 4Sum3 sources | Medium | 38% | 41.1% | |
| #943 | Find the Shortest Superstring3 sources | Hard | 38% | 45.5% | |
| #34 | Medium | 38% | 49.3% | ||
| #410 | Split Array Largest Sum3 sources | Hard | 38% | 60.9% | |
| #341 | Flatten Nested List Iterator3 sources | Medium | 38% | 65.8% | |
| #1244 | Design A Leaderboard3 sources | Medium | 38% | 68.1% | |
| #91 | Decode Ways3 sources | Medium | 38% | 38.2% | |
| #1434 | Hard | 38% | 46.4% | ||
| #32 | Longest Valid Parentheses3 sources | Hard | 38% | 39.1% | |
| #44 | Wildcard Matching3 sources | Hard | 38% | 32.3% | |
| #2222 | Number of Ways to Select Buildings3 sources | Medium | 38% | 51.0% | |
| #962 | Maximum Width Ramp3 sources | Medium | 38% | 55.9% | |
| #851 | Loud and Rich3 sources | Medium | 38% | 63.8% | |
| #1 | Two Sum3 sources | Easy | 38% | 57.8% | |
| #88 | Merge Sorted Array3 sources | Easy | 38% | 55.2% | |
| #316 | Remove Duplicate Letters3 sources | Medium | 38% | 53.5% | |
| #213 | House Robber II3 sources | Medium | 38% | 45.2% | |
| #11 | Container With Most Water3 sources | Medium | 38% | 60.4% | |
| #99 | Recover Binary Search Tree3 sources | Medium | 38% | 60.2% | |
| #242 | Valid Anagram3 sources | Easy | 38% | 68.3% | |
| #121 | Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock3 sources | Easy | 38% | 57.0% | |
| #1383 | Hard | 38% | 47.8% | ||
| #1569 | Hard | 38% | 54.2% | ||
| #2680 | Medium | 38% | 43.4% | ||
| #212 | Hard | 38% | 38.6% | ||
| #1368 | Hard | 38% | 71.1% | ||
| #134 | Medium | 38% | 48.3% | ||
| #881 | Boats to Save People2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.6% | |
| #863 | All Nodes Distance K in Binary Tree2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.7% | |
| #322 | Coin Change2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.5% | |
| #131 | Palindrome Partitioning2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.7% | |
| #1293 | Hard | 37% | 0.5% | ||
| #1898 | Medium | 37% | 0.5% | ||
| #85 | Maximal Rectangle2 sources | Hard | 37% | 0.6% | |
| #1004 | Max Consecutive Ones III2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.7% | |
| #215 | Kth Largest Element in an Array2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.7% | |
| #221 | Maximal Square2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.5% | |
| #3316 | Medium | 37% | 0.4% | ||
| #543 | Diameter of Binary Tree2 sources | Easy | 37% | 0.7% | |
| #486 | Predict the Winner2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.6% | |
| #658 | Find K Closest Elements2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.5% | |
| #1579 | Hard | 37% | 0.7% | ||
| #295 | Find Median from Data Stream2 sources | Hard | 37% | 0.5% | |
| #253 | Meeting Rooms II2 sources | Medium | 37% | 0.5% | |
| #321 | Create Maximum Number2 sources | Hard | 37% | 0.4% |
DE Shaw Technical Interview Overview & Company-Wise Questions
Software engineering and technical interviews at DE Shaw emphasize real-world problem solving, algorithmic efficiency, and scalable data structure design. The curated dataset above contains 124 verified LeetCode problems, categorized by frequency and filtered across recent interview seasons.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the top LeetCode questions for DE Shaw?
Leading questions include Binary Tree Cameras, Find Minimum Cost to Remove Array Elements, Maximum Number of Subsequences After One Inserting. Reviewing questions with higher recency (within the last 30 to 90 days) yields the highest return on preparation time.
Where can I practice company-wise LeetCode questions for DE Shaw?
You can practice all 124 DE Shaw LeetCode questions right here on LeetMap Pro. Filter by 30-day, 3-month, and 6-month recency, track your progress with local checkpoints, and practice curated SQL problems completely free.
How should I prepare for DE Shaw coding rounds?
Begin by reviewing Medium-difficulty problems (75 tracked), which constitute the majority of technical rounds. Complement coding practice with foundational DSA patterns like Sliding Window, Two Pointers, and Graph Traversal.