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SQL Google Interview Questions

The document outlines six challenging SQL questions commonly asked at Google, including how to find the median salary, identify employees with the highest salary in each department, and determine active users over the last week. It also covers queries for finding the Nth highest salary, consecutive salary increases, and calculating the average time between login and logout actions. Each question is accompanied by a SQL query example for clarity.

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SQL Google Interview Questions

The document outlines six challenging SQL questions commonly asked at Google, including how to find the median salary, identify employees with the highest salary in each department, and determine active users over the last week. It also covers queries for finding the Nth highest salary, consecutive salary increases, and calculating the average time between login and logout actions. Each question is accompanied by a SQL query example for clarity.

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🚀 Top 6 Challenging SQL Questions Asked at

Google! 💻

💰
1️⃣ Find the Median of Salaries
How to calculate the median salary in a table?

SELECT AVG(salary) AS median_salary


FROM (
SELECT salary
FROM employees
ORDER BY salary
LIMIT 2 - (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees) % 2
OFFSET (SELECT (COUNT(*) - 1) / 2 FROM employees)
) AS median;

2️⃣ Employees with the Highest Salary in Each Department 📊


Query to find employees with the highest salary
department-wise:

SELECT department, employee, salary


FROM (
SELECT department, employee, salary, RANK() OVER (PARTITION
BY department ORDER BY salary DESC) AS rnk
FROM employees
) AS ranked
WHERE rnk = 1;
3️⃣ Find All Active Users for the Last 7 Days 🗓️
How to find distinct users who logged in over the past 7 days:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT user_id) AS active_users


FROM user_logs
WHERE action = 'login'
AND log_date >= CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '7 days';

🥇
4️⃣ Nth Highest Salary
Find the Nth highest salary in a table:

WITH salary_ranking AS (
SELECT salary, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY salary DESC)
AS rnk
FROM employees
)
SELECT salary
FROM salary_ranking
WHERE rnk = N;

5️⃣ Find Consecutive Increases in Salary 📈


Identify employees whose salary has increased for 3 consecutive
years:
WITH ranked_salaries AS (
SELECT employee_id, year, salary,
LAG(salary, 1) OVER (PARTITION BY employee_id ORDER BY
year) AS prev_salary_1,
LAG(salary, 2) OVER (PARTITION BY employee_id ORDER BY
year) AS prev_salary_2
FROM employee_salaries
)
SELECT employee_id
FROM ranked_salaries
WHERE salary > prev_salary_1 AND prev_salary_1 > prev_salary_2;

6️⃣ Average Time Between Two Actions ⏱️


Calculate the average time (in minutes) between two actions
(login and logout):

WITH login_logout AS (
SELECT user_id,
MIN(CASE WHEN action = 'login' THEN timestamp END) AS
login_time,
MIN(CASE WHEN action = 'logout' THEN timestamp END) AS
logout_time
FROM user_actions
WHERE action IN ('login', 'logout')
GROUP BY user_id
)
SELECT AVG(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (logout_time - login_time))) /
60 AS avg_minutes
FROM login_logout;

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