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D. E. Shaw Coding Interview Questions

We track 110 coding questions asked at D. E. Shaw, tagged with the algorithms and concepts they test. The most common: Array, Dynamic Programming, String, Greedy, Hash Table.

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Concept mix

Each question's weight is split evenly across its concepts, so the shares sum to 100%.

Array — 22.2%Dynamic Programming — 10.1%String — 7.3%Greedy — 4.9%Binary Search — 4.6%Hash Table — 4.3%Sorting — 3.6%Stack — 3.5%Math — 3.2%Two Pointers — 3.0%Other (43) — 32.9%

How many questions involve each concept

Share of all 110 tracked D. E. Shaw questions that touch each concept. Questions usually involve several, so these overlap.

Where D. E. Shaw differs from the average company

Concept weight at D. E. Shaw relative to the average across all companies we track. Green means D. E. Shaw leans on it harder than most.

D. E. Shaw specialties

Concepts that show up at D. E. Shaw but are rarely asked elsewhere. They are easy to get blindsided by.

Difficulty mix

Level split of the 110 tracked D. E. Shaw questions.

  • Junior10% (11)
  • Mid/Senior59% (65)
  • Staff31% (34)

Every concept in D. E. Shaw interviews

ConceptQuestions% of questionsShare of mix
Array7669.1%22.2%
Dynamic Programming3531.8%10.1%
String2724.5%7.3%
Greedy2119.1%4.9%
Hash Table1816.4%4.3%
Sorting1715.5%3.6%
Binary Search1513.6%4.6%
Stack1412.7%3.5%
Heap (Priority Queue)1311.8%2.5%
Math1110.0%3.2%
Prefix Sum1110.0%2.7%
Two Pointers1110.0%3.0%
Matrix109.1%2.0%
Depth-First Search87.3%1.5%
Monotonic Stack87.3%1.7%
Bit Manipulation76.4%1.6%
Breadth-First Search76.4%1.3%
Simulation76.4%2.2%
Union-Find76.4%1.5%
Sliding Window65.5%1.6%
Divide and Conquer54.5%1.0%
Graph Theory54.5%1.2%
Tree54.5%0.9%
Backtracking43.6%1.3%
Counting43.6%0.7%
Binary Tree32.7%0.6%
Combinatorics32.7%0.6%
Design32.7%0.6%
Enumeration32.7%0.9%
Binary Search Tree21.8%0.3%
Bitmask21.8%0.4%
Memoization21.8%0.2%
Queue21.8%0.3%
Randomized21.8%0.4%
Recursion21.8%0.5%
Shortest Path21.8%0.3%
Trie21.8%1.1%
Counting Sort10.9%0.2%
Doubly-Linked List10.9%0.2%
Game Theory10.9%0.2%
Hash Function10.9%0.2%
Iterator10.9%0.2%
Linked List10.9%0.2%
Monotonic Queue10.9%0.2%
Number Theory10.9%0.2%
Probability and Statistics10.9%0.2%
Quickselect10.9%0.1%
Radix Sort10.9%0.1%
Rejection Sampling10.9%0.2%
Rolling Hash10.9%0.2%
Segment Tree10.9%0.2%
String Matching10.9%0.2%
Topological Sort10.9%0.2%

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