50 SQL Interview Queries OCaANG 1. Find duplicate records in a table ec30e SELECT columni, column2, COUNT(*) FROM your_table GROUP BY column1, column2 HAVING COUNT(*) > 1; amazon —? 2. Retrieve the second highest salary from the Employee table SELECT MAX(salary) AS SecondHighestSalary FROM Employee WHERE salary < (SELECT MAX(salary) FROM Employee); BF Microsoft 1H, po Aus ‘26poymourjBu}3. Find employees without department (Left Join usage) eco Uber SELECT e.* FROM Employee e LEFT JOIN Department d ON e.department_id = d.department_id WHERE d.department_id IS NULL; 4. Calculate the total revenue per product SELECT product_id, SUM(quantity * price) AS total_revenue FROM Sales GROUP BY product_id; 1H, p02 Aus} ‘26poymourjBu} PB PayPal5. Get the top 3 highest-paid employees. SELECT TOP 3 * FROM Employee ORDER BY salary DESC; Google 6. Customers who made purchases but never returned products. SELECT DISTINCT c.customer_id FROM Customers c JOIN Orders o ON c.customer_id = o.customer_id WHERE c.customer_id NOT IN ( SELECT customer_id FROM Returns x Walmart >|< 1H, p02 Aus} ‘26poymour(Bu}7. Show the count of orders per customer. SELECT customer_id, COUNT(*) AS order_count FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id; ~~ Meta 8. Retrieve all employees who joined in 2023. SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE YEAR(hire_date) = 2023; amazon Se? 1H, p02 Auuny 26pojmourybu Comment "SQL" and get the complete in-depth PDF in your DMs.9. Calculate the average order value per customer. SELECT customer_id, AVG(total_amount) AS avg_order_value FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id; BE Microsoft 10. Get the latest order placed by each customer. SELECT customer_id, MAX(order_date) AS latest_order_date FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id; Uber Auso}4 ‘26pomouyGulpo3ll. Find products that were never sold. SELECT p.product_id FROM Products p LEFT JOIN Sales s ON p.product_id = s.product_id WHERE s.product_id IS NULL; TA adobe 12. Identify the most selling product. SELECT TOP 1 product_id, SUM(quantity) AS total_qty FROM Sales GROUP BY product_id ORDER BY total_qty DESC; waimart >'< “~ Aso 26pojmouyj—Burpo> Comment "SQL" and get the complete in-depth PDF in your DMs.13. Get the total revenue and the number of orders per region. SELECT region, SUM(total_amount) AS total_revenue, COUNT(*) AS order_count FROM Orders GROUP BY region; @iMeia 14. Count how many customers placed more than 5 orders. SELECT COUNT(*) AS customer_count FROM ( SELECT customer_id FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id HAVING COUNT(*) > 5 ) AS subquery; amazon —TF AusoH ‘26pojmouy6ulpo315. Retrieve customers with orders above the average order value. SELECT * FROM Orders WHERE total_amount > (SELECT AVG(total_amount ) FROM Orders); Braver y! 16. Find all employees hired on weekends. SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE DATENAME(WEEKDAY, hire_date) IN ('Saturday', 'Sunday'); Google uso} ‘26pomouyGulpoo17. Find all employees hired on weekends. SELECT * FROM Employee WHERE salary BETWEEN 50000 AND 100000; » Microsoft 18. Get monthly sales revenue and order count. SELECT FORMAT(date, ‘yyyy-MM') AS month, SUM(amount) AS total_revenue, COUNT(order_id) AS order_count FROM Orders GROUP BY FORMAT(date, ‘yyyy-MM'); Google AusoH ‘26pomouyGulpoo19. Rank employees by salary within each department. SELECT employee_id, department_id, salary, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY department_id ORDER BY salary DESC) AS salary_rk FROM Employee; amazon 20. Find customers who placed orders every month in 2023. eee Meta SELECT customer_id FROM Orders WHERE YEAR(order_date) = 2023 GROUP BY customer_id HAVING COUNT(DISTINCT FORMAT(order_date, 'yyyy-MM')) = 12 uso} ‘26pomouy6ulpoo21. Find moving average of sales over the last 3 days. SELECT order_date, AVG(total_amount) OVER (ORDER BY order_date ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS moving_avg FROM Orders; HE Microsoft 22. Identify the first and last order date for each customer. SELECT customer_id, MIN(order_date) AS first_order, MAX(order_date) AS last_order FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id; Uber 1H, po Aus} ‘26poymouBu)23. Show product sales distribution (percent of total revenue). WITH TotalRevenue AS ( SELECT SUM(quantity * price) AS total FROM Sales) SELECT s.product_id, SUM(s.quantity * s.price) AS revenue, SUM(s.quantity * s.price) * 100/ t.total AS revenue_pct FROM Sales s CROSS JOIN TotalRevenue t GROUP BY s.product_id, t.total; PB PayPal 24. Retrieve customers who made consecutive purchases (2 Days) ec0e Walmart >'< WITH cte AS ( SELECT id, order_date, LAG(order_date) OVER (PARTITION BY id ORDER BY order_date) AS prev_order_date FROM Orders) SELECT id, order_date, prev_odate FROM cte WHERE DATEDIFF(DAY, prev_odate, order_date) = 1; uso} ‘26pojmouy6ulpo324. Retrieve customers who made consecutive purchases (2 Days) ee Walmart >'< WITH cte AS ( SELECT id, order_date, LAG(order_date) OVER (PARTITION BY id ORDER BY order_date) AS prev_order_date FROM Orders) SELECT id, order_date, prev_odate FROM cte WHERE DATEDIFF(DAY, prev_odate, order_date) = 1; 25. Find churned customers (no orders in the last 6 months). SELECT customer_id FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id HAVING MAX(order_date) < DATEADD(MONTH,-6,GETDATE()); | amazon 1H, p02 Aus} ‘26poymourjBu}26. Calculate cumulative revenue by day. SELECT order_date, SUM(total_amount) OVER (ORDER BY order_date) AS cumulative_revenue FROM Orders; WAX Adobe 27. Identify top-performing departments by average salary. SELECT department_id, AVG(salary) AS avg_salary FROM Employee GROUP BY department_id ORDER BY avg_salary DESC; Google 1H, p02 Auuny 26pojmourybu28. Find customers who ordered more than the average number of orders per customer. eee Meta WITH customer_orders AS ( SELECT customer_id, COUNT(*) AS order_count FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id) SELECT * FROM customer_orders WHERE order_count > (SELECT AVG(order_count) FROM customer_orders); 29. Calculate revenue generated from new customers (first-time orders). ec0oe EE Microsoft WITH first_orders AS ( SELECT customer_id, MIN(order_date) AS first_order_date FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id) SELECT SUM(o.total_amount) AS new_revenue FROM Orders o JOIN first_orders f ON o.customer_id = f.customer_id WHERE o.order_date = f.first_order_date; uso} ‘26pomouy Gulp30. Find the percentage of employees in each department. SELECT department_id, COUNT(*) AS emp_count, COUNT(*) * 100.0 / (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Employee) AS pct FROM Employee GROUP BY department_id; Uber 31. Retrieve the maximum salary difference within each department. SELECT department_id, MAX(salary) - MIN(salary) AS salary_diff FROM Employee GROUP BY department_id; B poyret AusoH, ‘26pomouyGulpoo32. Find products that contribute to 80% of the revenue (Pareto Principle). WITH sales_cte AS ( SELECT product_id, SUM(qty * price) AS revenue FROM Sales GROUP BY product_id), total_revenue AS ( SELECT SUM(revenue) AS total FROM sales_cte) SELECT s.product_id, s.revenue, SUM(s.revenue) OVER (ORDER BY s.revenue DESC ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS running total FROM sales_cte s, total_revenue t WHERE SUM(s.revenue) OVER (ORDER BY s.revenue DESC ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) <= t.total * 0.8; 1 Walmart >;< 33. Calculate average time between two purchases for each customer. WITH cte AS ( SELECT customer_id, order_date, rg LaG(order_date) OVER (PARTITION BY ge customer_id <8 ORDER BY order_date) AS prev_date = FROM Orders) 2 SELECT customer_id, = AVG(DATEDIFF(DAY, prev_date, order_date)) 3 AS avg_gap_days FROM cte WHERE prev_date IS NOT NULL GROUP BY customer_id; &Meta34. Show last purchase for each customer along with order amount. WITH ranked_orders AS (SELECT customer_id, order_id, total_amount, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_date DESC) AS rn FROM Orders) SELECT customer_id, order_id, total_amount FROM ranked_orders WHERE rn = 1; Google 35. Calculate year-over-year growth in revenue. ece0e B= Microsoft SELECT FORMAT(order_date, ‘yyyy') AS year, SUM(total_amount) AS revenue, SUM(total_amount) - LAG(SUM(total_amount) ) OVER (ORDER BY FORMAT(order_date, ‘yyyy')) AS yoy_growth FROM Orders GROUP BY FORMAT(order_date, ‘yyyy'); 1H, p02 Aus} ‘26poymourjBu}36. Detect customers whose purchase amount is higher than their historical 90th percentile. WITH ranked_orders AS ( SELECT customer_id, order_id, total_amount, NTILE(10) OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY total_amount) AS decile FROM Orders) SELECT customer_id, order_id, total_amount FROM ranked_orders WHERE decile = 10; amazon 37. Retrieve the longest gap between orders for each customer. WITH cte AS ( SELECT customer_id, order_date, LAG(order_date) OVER (PARTITION BY customer_id ORDER BY order_date) AS prev_order_date FROM Orders) SELECT customer_id, MAX(DATEDIFF(DAY, prev_order_date, order_date)) AS max_gap FROM cte WHERE prev_order_date IS NOT NULL GROUP BY customer_id; amazon —? AusoH ‘26poymouyGulpo3coding_knowladge Harry 38. Identify customers with revenue below the 10th percentile. ec3e Google WITH cte AS ( SELECT customer_id, SUM(total_amount) AS total_revenue FROM Orders GROUP BY customer_id) SELECT customer_id, total_revenue FROM cte WHERE total_revenue < (SELECT PERCENTILE_CONT(@.1) WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY total_revenue) FROM cte); Comment "SQL" and get the complete in-depth PDF in your DMs.