Common Python coding questions with difficulty levels

Common Python coding questions come in a range of difficulty levels, helping interviewers test your fundamentals as well as advanced problem-solving skills. Here's a categorized list with examples and difficulty ratings:

PYTHON DEVELOPER

Very Easy

  • Print "Hello, World!" in Python

  • Check if a number is even or odd

  • Concatenate two strings

  • Calculate the factorial of a number recursively

  • Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

Easy

  • Count the number of vowels in a string

  • Find the maximum of three numbers

  • Reverse a string

  • Check if a string is a palindrome

  • Sum elements of a list

  • Check if a number is prime

Medium

  • Find the first non-repeating character in a string

  • Merge two sorted linked lists

  • Implement binary search on a sorted array

  • Convert Roman numerals to integer

  • Detect cycle in a linked list

  • Find the longest substring without repeating characters

Hard

  • Trapping Rain Water problem

  • Word Break problem using Dynamic Programming

  • Implement LRU cache

  • Median of two sorted arrays

  • Find maximum path sum in a binary tree

  • Serialize and deserialize a binary tree

Expert

  • Implement Trie data structure with insert/search

  • Max flow and min cut in a network graph

  • Design and implement a distributed cache system

  • Solve advanced DP problems like Matrix Chain Multiplication

  • Implement concurrent algorithms with Python async or multiprocessing

These cover syntax, data structures, algorithms, and system design coding questions suited for interviewing at various levels, from freshers to senior developers.