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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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