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This document provides a collection of 15 SQL queries for interview preparation, categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Each query includes a description and is designed to help freshers practice for interviews at IT firms. Additionally, the document offers preparation tips and answers for each query to aid in understanding and learning SQL concepts.

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Queries Practice

This document provides a collection of 15 SQL queries for interview preparation, categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Each query includes a description and is designed to help freshers practice for interviews at IT firms. Additionally, the document offers preparation tips and answers for each query to aid in understanding and learning SQL concepts.

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SQL Queries for Interview Preparation (MySQL):

Basic to Advanced

Introduction
This document presents a set of 15 SQL (MySQL) queries designed for freshers prepar-
ing for interviews at companies like LTI Mindtree, Infosys, and similar IT firms. The
queries are categorized into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels to demonstrate a
clear progression in complexity. Each question includes a brief description of the task,
and answers are provided at the end.

Basic Level Queries


These queries test fundamental SQL operations, such as data retrieval, insertion, and
modification.
1. Write a query to retrieve all employees from the Employees table (emp_id, first_name,
salary) where the salary is at least 40000.
2. Write a query to insert a new employee into the Employees table with emp_id =
201, first_name = ’Alice’, and salary = 45000.
3. Write a query to update the salary of all employees in the Employees table by
increasing it by 5%.
4. Write a query to delete employees from the Employees table who have a salary less
than 30000.
5. Write a query to count the number of employees in the Employees table.

Intermediate Level Queries


These queries involve joins, aggregations, and subqueries, reflecting common real-world
scenarios.
6. Given two tables, Employees (emp_id, first_name, dept_id, salary) and Departments
(dept_id, dept_name), write a query to list each employees first name and their
department name.
7. Write a query to find the department names from the Departments table that have
no employees assigned (using Employees table).

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8. Write a query to calculate the average salary for each department in the Employees
table, including only departments with more than 3 employees.
9. Write a query to find employees in the Employees table whose salary is higher than
the average salary across all employees.
10. Write a query to identify duplicate employee records in the Employees table based
on first_name.

Advanced Level Queries


These queries test complex operations, including window functions, pivoting, and date
manipulations.
11. Write a query to assign a rank to each employee in the Employees table based on
their salary within their department.
12. Write a table Orders (order_id, customeri d, order_date, amount)andwriteaquerytof indcustome
13. Given an Attendance table (emp_id, attendance_date), write a query to find the
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longest streak of consecutive attendance days for each employee.
14. Write a query to find employees in the Employees table whose salary increased
by more than 10% from the previous year, using a SalaryHistory table (emp_id,
salary, year).

Answers
Basic Level Answers
1. Retrieve employees with salary ≥ 40000:
SELECT emp_id , first_name , salary
FROM Employees
WHERE salary >= 40000;

2. Insert new employee:


INSERT INTO Employees ( emp_id , first_name , salary )
VALUES (201 , ’ Alice ’ , 45000) ;

3. Update salary by 5%:


UPDATE Employees
SET salary = salary * 1.05;

4. Delete employees with salary < 30000:


DELETE FROM Employees
WHERE salary < 30000;

5. Count employees:

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SELECT COUNT (*) AS employee_count
FROM Employees ;

Intermediate Level Answers


6. List employee names and department names:
SELECT e . first_name , d . dept_name
FROM Employees e
INNER JOIN Departments d ON e . dept_id = d . dept_id ;

7. Departments with no employees:


SELECT d . dept_name
FROM Departments d
LEFT JOIN Employees e ON d . dept_id = e . dept_id
WHERE e . emp_id IS NULL ;

8. Average salary per department (>3 employees):


SELECT d . dept_name , AVG ( e . salary ) AS avg_salary
FROM Employees e
INNER JOIN Departments d ON e . dept_id = d . dept_id
GROUP BY d . dept_name
HAVING COUNT ( e . emp_id ) > 3;

9. Employees above average salary:


SELECT emp_id , first_name , salary
FROM Employees
WHERE salary > ( SELECT AVG ( salary ) FROM Employees ) ;

10. Find duplicate employee records:


SELECT first_name , COUNT (*) AS count
FROM Employees
GROUP BY first_name
HAVING count > 1;

Advanced Level Answers


11. Rank employees by salary within department:
SELECT emp_id , first_name , salary , dept_id ,
RANK () OVER ( PARTITION BY dept_id ORDER BY salary DESC
) AS salary_rank
FROM Employees ;

12. Customers with orders > 1000 in last year:

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SELECT customer_id , SUM ( amount ) AS total_amount
FROM Orders
WHERE order_date >= DATE_SUB ( CURDATE () , INTERVAL 1 YEAR )
GROUP BY customer_id
HAVING total_amount > 1000;

13. Pivot salaries for departments 10 and 20:


SELECT YEAR ( hire_date ) AS year ,
SUM ( CASE WHEN dept_id = 10 THEN salary ELSE 0 END ) AS
dept_10_salary ,
SUM ( CASE WHEN dept_id = 20 THEN salary ELSE 0 END ) AS
dept_20_salary
FROM Employees
WHERE YEAR ( hire_date ) = 2024
GROUP BY year ;

14. Longest consecutive attendance streak:


WITH AttendanceGroups AS (
SELECT emp_id , attendance_date ,
DATE_SUB ( attendance_date , INTERVAL ROW_NUMBER ()
OVER ( PARTITION BY emp_id ORDER BY
attendance_date ) DAY ) AS group_id
FROM Attendance
)
SELECT emp_id , MIN ( attendance_date ) AS start_date , MAX (
attendance_date ) AS end_date , COUNT (*) AS streak_days
FROM AttendanceGroups
GROUP BY emp_id , group_id
ORDER BY streak_days DESC
LIMIT 1;

15. Salary increase > 10% from previous year:


SELECT emp_id , salary , year
FROM (
SELECT emp_id , salary , year ,
LAG ( salary ) OVER ( PARTITION BY emp_id ORDER BY
year ) AS prev_salary
FROM SalaryHistory
) t
WHERE salary > prev_salary * 1.10;

Preparation Tips
• Practice queries on platforms like LeetCode or HackerRank.
• Understand MySQL-specific functions (e.g., DATE_SUB, window functions).
• Review database concepts like normalization and indexing.

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• Simulate interview scenarios to build confidence.

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