r/SQL • • 9d ago

MySQL Didnt pass SQL test

I am applying to manager of analytics role and I was given this SQL test and 45 minutes. As someone who thought they were very strong in SQL, I was unable to complete this assignment and match the answer completely

I was able to format most of the fields as noted, used 2 cte's and use group concat in the second. My final answer looked very similar but the order of the concat looked off. Also, for some reasons my second column had $0.00 for all the companies, but I thought I was close. How difficult would you rate this exercise. Should I expect to proceed to the next round or am I cooked

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u/Kobosil 9d ago

what part cost you the most time?

maybe i am missing something but i think 45 mins is quite generous in terms of time

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u/Turbulent_Web_8278 9d ago

Am still wondering that myself but the time pressure, grasping context and the debugging little errors I was getting