Rippling Coding Interview Questions
We track 20 coding questions asked at Rippling, tagged with the algorithms and concepts they test. The most common: Array, Hash Table, String, Design, Linked List.
Browse all 20 Rippling questions →Concept mix
Each question's weight is split evenly across its concepts, so the shares sum to 100%.
- Array16.3%
- Hash Table7.9%
- Linked List7.9%
- String7.3%
- Design6.7%
- Heap (Priority Queue)5.6%
- Sorting5.0%
- Divide and Conquer3.9%
- Doubly-Linked List3.7%
- Greedy3.7%
- Other (19)32.4%
How many questions involve each concept
Share of all 20 tracked Rippling questions that touch each concept. Questions usually involve several, so these overlap.
- Array55.0%
- Hash Table35.0%
- String35.0%
- Design25.0%
- Linked List25.0%
- Heap (Priority Queue)20.0%
- Sorting20.0%
- Breadth-First Search15.0%
- Depth-First Search15.0%
- Divide and Conquer15.0%
- Doubly-Linked List15.0%
- Bucket Sort10.0%
Where Rippling differs from the average company
Concept weight at Rippling relative to the average across all companies we track. Green means Rippling leans on it harder than most.
- Bucket Sort14.0×
- Doubly-Linked List12.3×
- Design5.2×
- Divide and Conquer4.9×
- Array0.84×
- String0.77×
Rippling specialties
Concepts that show up at Rippling but are rarely asked elsewhere. They are easy to get blindsided by.
Difficulty mix
Level split of the 20 tracked Rippling questions.
- Junior10% (2)
- Mid/Senior50% (10)
- Staff40% (8)
Every concept in Rippling interviews
| Concept | Questions | % of questions | Share of mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Array | 11 | 55.0% | 16.3% |
| Hash Table | 7 | 35.0% | 7.9% |
| String | 7 | 35.0% | 7.3% |
| Design | 5 | 25.0% | 6.7% |
| Linked List | 5 | 25.0% | 7.9% |
| Heap (Priority Queue) | 4 | 20.0% | 5.6% |
| Sorting | 4 | 20.0% | 5.0% |
| Breadth-First Search | 3 | 15.0% | 2.7% |
| Depth-First Search | 3 | 15.0% | 2.7% |
| Divide and Conquer | 3 | 15.0% | 3.9% |
| Doubly-Linked List | 3 | 15.0% | 3.7% |
| Bucket Sort | 2 | 10.0% | 1.4% |
| Counting | 2 | 10.0% | 1.4% |
| Graph Theory | 2 | 10.0% | 1.9% |
| Greedy | 2 | 10.0% | 3.7% |
| Stack | 2 | 10.0% | 2.8% |
| Union-Find | 2 | 10.0% | 1.6% |
| Binary Search | 1 | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Bit Manipulation | 1 | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Dynamic Programming | 1 | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Math | 1 | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Matrix | 1 | 5.0% | 1.1% |
| Merge Sort | 1 | 5.0% | 1.4% |
| Monotonic Stack | 1 | 5.0% | 1.9% |
| Quickselect | 1 | 5.0% | 0.7% |
| Recursion | 1 | 5.0% | 2.8% |
| Shortest Path | 1 | 5.0% | 0.8% |
| Simulation | 1 | 5.0% | 0.9% |
| Trie | 1 | 5.0% | 0.7% |
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