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MySQL Interview Questions

The document contains a comprehensive list of MySQL interview questions categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels, covering topics such as data types, joins, normalization, transactions, and performance optimization. It also includes practical query challenges to test SQL skills. This resource serves as a guide for candidates preparing for MySQL-related job interviews.

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MySQL Interview Questions

The document contains a comprehensive list of MySQL interview questions categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels, covering topics such as data types, joins, normalization, transactions, and performance optimization. It also includes practical query challenges to test SQL skills. This resource serves as a guide for candidates preparing for MySQL-related job interviews.

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MySQL Interview Questions (Basic to Advanced)

Basic MySQL Interview Questions

- What is MySQL?

- What are the different data types in MySQL?

- What is the default storage engine in MySQL?

- What is the difference between CHAR and VARCHAR?

- What is the difference between WHERE and HAVING clause?

- What are joins in MySQL? List types of joins.

- What is the difference between INNER JOIN and LEFT JOIN?

- How do you insert data into a table?

- How do you create a new table with a primary key?

- What are aggregate functions in MySQL? (e.g., COUNT, SUM, AVG)

Intermediate MySQL Interview Questions

- What is a foreign key? How does it enforce referential integrity?

- What is normalization? Explain 1NF, 2NF, and 3NF.

- What are indexes? How do they improve performance?

- What is the difference between DELETE, TRUNCATE, and DROP?

- What is a subquery? How is it different from a JOIN?

- What is the use of GROUP BY?

- What is the difference between UNION and UNION ALL?

- What is a view in MySQL?

- What are stored procedures and functions?

- How do you prevent SQL injection in MySQL?

Advanced MySQL Interview Questions


- What is a transaction? What are the ACID properties?

- How does MySQL handle concurrency and locking?

- What is the difference between optimistic and pessimistic locking?

- What is deadlock? How does MySQL handle it?

- What are isolation levels? List and explain them.

- How do you find slow queries in MySQL?

- What is the query execution plan? (EXPLAIN)

- What is indexing, and when can it slow down performance?

- What are composite indexes? How does column order affect them?

- How to optimize a slow SELECT query?

- Where does MySQL store data physically?

- What are .frm, .ibd, .MYI, .MYD files?

- What is the purpose of ibdata1 and binary log files?

- How to change the MySQL data directory?

- What is MySQL replication?

- Difference between master-slave and master-master replication.

- What is binary logging used for?

- How do you backup a MySQL database?

- How do you restore a .sql dump file?

- What are mysqldump, mysqlbinlog, and xtrabackup?

- Difference between InnoDB and MyISAM engines.

- What is innodb_buffer_pool_size?

- What is innodb_file_per_table?

- What is the difference between clustered and non-clustered index in InnoDB?

- What is the use of information_schema and performance_schema?

Practical Query Challenges


- Write a query to get the second highest salary.

- Find all duplicate rows in a table.

- Get count of orders per customer using GROUP BY.

- Get customers who haven't placed any order.

- Write a query to pivot data using CASE statements.

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