Top 5 Slowest DNS Lookups

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
L3

Interview Prompt

The network team is reviewing DNS latency and wants the five domain and record type pairs whose slowest lookup in `dns_lookups` took the longest.

Summary

Five DNS lookups that took too long.

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