Second Highest Cloud Cost

An easy 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
easy
Seniority
L3

Interview Prompt

The FinOps team has already flagged the single largest charge in `cloud_costs` and now wants the runner-up behind it. Return that runner-up amount.

Summary

The second biggest bill on record.

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