Top 50 SQL Interview Questions
Top 50 SQL Interview Questions
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
FOR DATA ENGINEERS
Preparing for a data engineering interview?
These SQL questions will help you stand out!
Abhishek Agrawal
Data Engineer
SQL Basics
Q1. What is SQL? Explain its basic structure.
Q2. What are the differences between SQL and NoSQL databases?
Q3. Explain the difference between DDL, DML, and DCL commands.
Q7. Explain NULL values in SQL. How do you handle NULLs in queries?
Q9. What is the difference between INNER JOIN and OUTER JOIN?
Q12. How do you use string functions like CONCAT(), UPPER(), and
LOWER() in SQL?
Q15. What is the difference between COUNT(), SUM(), AVG(), MIN(), and
MAX()?
Q17. How do you use LIKE and ILIKE for pattern matching?
Q19. How do you extract year, month, and day from a date in SQL?
Q22. Explain the difference between CROSS JOIN and SELF JOIN.
Q30. What is the difference between INNER JOIN and LEFT JOIN with
examples?
Q40. What are best practices for writing efficient SQL queries?
Q43. What are views in SQL? How do they improve query performance?
Q50. What are materialized views, and how are they different from regular
views?
Bonus Tip:
Abhishek Agrawal
Azure Data Engineer