Find the Fifth Largest Cost

A medium SQL mock interview question on DataDriven, with an AI interviewer who asks follow-up questions and a hire or no-hire decision at the end.

Domain
SQL
Difficulty
medium
Seniority
L4

Interview Prompt

Our cost reviews bucket line items into spending tiers by billed amount. Pull every line item in `cloud_costs` that falls in the five highest tiers.

Summary

Not the biggest. Not the smallest. The fifth.

How This Interview Works

  1. Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
  2. Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
  3. Write and run your SQL against a real database
  4. Answer the interviewer's follow-up questions, then get a hire or no-hire decision