Bargains and Budget-Busters
A hard SQL mock interview question on DataDriven. Practice with AI-powered feedback, real code execution, and a hire/no-hire decision.
- Domain
- SQL
- Difficulty
- hard
- Seniority
- L4
Interview Prompt
FinOps is auditing cloud spend region by region. Two systems record line items: the provider's cost ledger and the team's internal allocations. Treat them as one combined stream of line items. For each region, name the service behind the single biggest line item and the service behind the single smallest. If two line items tie, take the one whose service name comes first alphabetically. Return one row per region with the region, its biggest spender, and its cheapest line item.
Summary
Every region has both. Find them.
How This Interview Works
- Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
- Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
- Write your sql solution with real code execution
- Get instant feedback and a hire/no-hire decision