SQL
Interview questions
for Data Analysts
Part II
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1. Find Customers with Specific
Email Providers
Problem Statement: List all customers
whose email addresses use a specific
email provider, such as Gmail. The
customer data is stored in a table with
customer IDs, names, and email
addresses.
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How to Solve:
Use the LIKE operator to filter email
addresses by provider.
Use % as a wildcard to match any
email address ending with the
specified provider.
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2. How Does the CHECK
Constraint Function?
Problem Statement: Explain the CHECK
constraint in SQL and provide an example
of how it can be used to ensure data
integrity.
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How to Solve:
Define the CHECK constraint as a rule
applied to column values.
Provide examples to show its usage in
maintaining data quality, such as
ensuring positive values or date
ranges.
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3. Calculate Average Card Usage
Per Month
Problem Statement: Find the average
transaction cost per cardholder for each
month. The transactions are recorded in a
table with transaction IDs, cardholder
IDs, transaction dates, and transaction
costs.
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How to Solve:
Extract month from transaction_date.
Group by month and card_holder_id.
Calculate the average transaction cost
for each cardholder each month.
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4. Calculating Click-Through-Rate for
Marketing Campaigns
Problem Statement: Calculate the click-
through rate (CTR) for each marketing
campaign. CTR is the ratio of the number
of clicks to the number of views,
expressed as a percentage. You have two
tables: campaigns and clicks.
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How to Solve:
Join the campaigns and clicks tables
on campaign_id.
Count 'Clicked' and 'Viewed' actions
for each campaign.
Calculate CTR as (Clicked / Viewed) *
100.
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5. Distinction Between Cross Join and
Natural Join
Problem Statement: Explain the
difference between a cross join and a
natural join. Provide examples for both
types of joins.
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How to Solve:
Define cross join (Cartesian product)
and natural join (based on common
columns).
Provide example queries for each type
of join to illustrate the differences.
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