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SQL Interview Queries

The document contains a series of SQL queries designed to solve various common database problems. These include finding the second highest salary, identifying customers who purchased every month in 2024, and calculating a 3-day moving average on sales. Additional queries address employee salaries compared to their managers, deleting duplicate rows, and analyzing customer retention and order ID gaps.

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SQL Interview Queries

The document contains a series of SQL queries designed to solve various common database problems. These include finding the second highest salary, identifying customers who purchased every month in 2024, and calculating a 3-day moving average on sales. Additional queries address employee salaries compared to their managers, deleting duplicate rows, and analyzing customer retention and order ID gaps.

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SQL Interview Queries

1. Find the Second Highest Salary

SELECT MAX(salary) AS second_highest_salary

FROM employees

WHERE salary < (

SELECT MAX(salary)

FROM employees

);

2. Customers Who Purchased Every Month in 2024

SELECT customer_id

FROM orders

WHERE order_date BETWEEN '2024-01-01' AND '2024-12-31'

GROUP BY customer_id

HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT MONTH(order_date)) = 12;

3. Pivot Sales Data Into Months as Columns

SELECT

product_id,

SUM(CASE WHEN MONTH(order_date) = 1 THEN sales ELSE 0 END) AS Jan,

SUM(CASE WHEN MONTH(order_date) = 2 THEN sales ELSE 0 END) AS Feb,

...

SUM(CASE WHEN MONTH(order_date) = 12 THEN sales ELSE 0 END) AS Dec

FROM sales

GROUP BY product_id;
4. Employees Earning More Than Their Managers

SELECT e.employee_id, e.name, e.salary

FROM employees e

JOIN employees m ON e.manager_id = m.employee_id

WHERE e.salary > m.salary;

5. 3-Day Moving Average on Sales

SELECT

sales_date,

product_id,

AVG(sales_amount) OVER (

PARTITION BY product_id

ORDER BY sales_date

ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW

) AS moving_avg

FROM sales;

6. Top 3 Highest-Paid Employees in Each Department

WITH ranked_employees AS (

SELECT *,

ROW_NUMBER() OVER (

PARTITION BY department_id

ORDER BY salary DESC

) AS rn

FROM employees

)
SELECT *

FROM ranked_employees

WHERE rn <= 3;

7. Delete Duplicate Rows But Keep One

WITH duplicates AS (

SELECT *,

ROW_NUMBER() OVER (

PARTITION BY name, email, department

ORDER BY id

) AS rn

FROM employees

DELETE FROM employees

WHERE id IN (

SELECT id FROM duplicates WHERE rn > 1

);

8. Identify Consecutive Login Days for Each User

SELECT user_id, login_date,

login_date - INTERVAL (ROW_NUMBER() OVER (

PARTITION BY user_id ORDER BY login_date

)) DAY AS group_id

FROM logins;

9. Calculate Month-over-Month Customer Retention

WITH monthly_logins AS (
SELECT customer_id, DATE_FORMAT(login_date, '%Y-%m') AS login_month

FROM logins

GROUP BY customer_id, DATE_FORMAT(login_date, '%Y-%m')

),

joined AS (

SELECT

curr.customer_id,

curr.login_month AS current_month,

prev.login_month AS previous_month

FROM monthly_logins curr

LEFT JOIN monthly_logins prev

ON curr.customer_id = prev.customer_id

AND curr.login_month = DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD(STR_TO_DATE(prev.login_month,

'%Y-%m'), INTERVAL 1 MONTH), '%Y-%m')

SELECT current_month, COUNT(DISTINCT customer_id) AS retained_customers

FROM joined

WHERE previous_month IS NOT NULL

GROUP BY current_month;

10. Find Gaps in Order ID Sequence

SELECT order_id,

LAG(order_id) OVER (ORDER BY order_id) AS prev_order_id,

order_id - LAG(order_id) OVER (ORDER BY order_id) AS gap

FROM orders

HAVING gap > 1;

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