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Linked list questions are dying out in interviews - change my mind

Lakshay DesaiLakshay Desai
7/27/2025
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I've given about 20 interviews in the last year and not a single one asked a linked list question. Most questions are arrays, trees, graphs, or DP.

Is it still worth spending time on linked list problems? I feel like companies have moved past them.

The only exception might be cycle detection which can come up in other contexts too.

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Gaurav Dutta
Gaurav Dutta8/19/2025

I can somewhat relate. I've noticed a drop in linked list questions too, but I think it's still important to understand them. Concepts like pointers are crucial in C/C++, and linked lists are a good exercise for that.

Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson8/18/2025

In my recent experience, linked list questions pop up in some data-oriented roles, especially when discussing memory optimization and management. They are not gone but just less frequent.