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SQL Interview Preparation Part 4.2

The document provides SQL interview preparation questions and solutions focusing on window functions. It covers scenarios such as finding the first and last sale amounts for products, calculating median salaries by department, identifying employees with above-average salaries, assigning dense ranks in sales, and finding gaps in ranks for students with identical scores. Each question is accompanied by a structured SQL query solution.

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SQL Interview Preparation Part 4.2

The document provides SQL interview preparation questions and solutions focusing on window functions. It covers scenarios such as finding the first and last sale amounts for products, calculating median salaries by department, identifying employees with above-average salaries, assigning dense ranks in sales, and finding gaps in ranks for students with identical scores. Each question is accompanied by a structured SQL query solution.

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SQL INTERVIEW PREPARATION PART 4.

WINDOWS FUNCTIONS QUESTIONS CONTINUED:

11. First and Last Sale for Each Product


Scenario:
You have a Sales table with columns ProductID, SaleDate, and SaleAmount.
Question:
Write a query to find the first and last sale amount for each product.
Solution:
WITH ProductSaleAmount AS (
SELECT
ProductID,
SaleDate,
SaleAmount,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ProductID ORDER BY SaleDate ASC) AS FirstSale,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY ProductID ORDER BY SaleDate DESC) AS LastSale
FROM Sales
)
SELECT
ProductID,
MAX(CASE WHEN FirstSale = 1 THEN SaleAmount END) AS First_Sale_Amount,
MAX(CASE WHEN LastSale = 1 THEN SaleAmount END) AS Last_Sale_Amount
FROM ProductSaleAmount
GROUP BY ProductID;

12. Median Salary by Department

Scenario:
You have an Employees table with EmpID, DepartmentID, and Salary.
Question:
Write a query to calculate the median salary for each department using window functions.
Solution:
WITH RankedSalaries AS (
SELECT
DepartmentID,
Salary,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY DepartmentID ORDER BY Salary ASC) AS
Row_Num,
COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY DepartmentID) AS Total_Rows
FROM Employees
)
SELECT
DepartmentID,
CASE
WHEN Total_Rows % 2 = 1 THEN
MAX(CASE WHEN Row_Num = (Total_Rows / 2) + 1 THEN Salary END)
ELSE
AVG(CASE WHEN Row_Num IN (Total_Rows / 2, (Total_Rows / 2) + 1) THEN Salary
END)
END AS Median_Salary
FROM RankedSalaries
GROUP BY DepartmentID;

13. Find Employees Above Team Average

Scenario:
You have an Employees table with EmpID, TeamID, and Salary.
Question:
Write a query to find employees whose salaries are above their team's average salary.
Solution:
SELECT EmpID,
TeamID,
Salary
FROM (
SELECT EmpID,
TeamID,
Salary,
AVG(Salary) OVER (PARTITION BY TeamID) AS Average_Salary
FROM Employees
) AS TeamSalary
WHERE Salary > Average_Salary;

14. Dense Ranks in Sales by Quarter

Scenario:
You have a Sales table with SaleID, SaleAmount, and SaleDate.
Question:
Write a query to assign a dense rank to each sale by quarter and year.
Solution:
SELECT SaleID,
SaleAmount,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY YEAR(SaleDate) ORDER BY SaleAmount DESC) AS
Rank_by_Year,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY YEAR(SaleDate), QUARTER(SaleDate) ORDER BY
SaleAmount DESC) AS Rank_by_Quarter
FROM Sales;
15. Find Gaps in Ranks

Scenario:
You have a Scores table with StudentID and Score.
Question:
Write a query to identify gaps in ranks when students have identical scores.
Solution:
WITH RankedScores AS (
SELECT
StudentID,
Score,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY Score DESC) AS Score_Rank
FROM Scores
),
ContinuousRanks AS (
SELECT
Score_Rank,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Score_Rank) AS Continuous_Rank
FROM RankedScores
)
SELECT
Score_Rank,
Continuous_Rank,
Score_Rank - Continuous_Rank AS Rank_Gap
FROM ContinuousRanks
WHERE Score_Rank - Continuous_Rank > 0;

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