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Nth Highest Salary Per Department

A medium SQL mock interview question on DataDriven. Practice with AI-powered feedback, real code execution, and a hire/no-hire decision.

Domain
SQL
Difficulty
medium
Seniority
L5

Interview Prompt

We track each employee's department and salary. For each department, surface the employee earning the third-highest salary, along with the department, the employee's name, and that salary.

Summary

Third place in every department.

How This Interview Works

  1. Read the vague prompt (just like a real interview)
  2. Ask clarifying questions to the AI interviewer
  3. Write your sql solution with real code execution
  4. Get instant feedback and a hire/no-hire decision

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