KPMG
Multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Medium
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Interview Question Bank
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 highest-paid employees in each department, handling ties appropriately.
#Window Functions
#DENSE_RANK
#Aggregations
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Calculate a rolling 7-day average of daily transactions for a financial client using SQL.
#Window Functions
#Time Series
#Financial Data
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to identify overlapping date ranges in a client's software subscription dataset.
#Self Joins
#Date Functions
#Complex Logic
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to identify gaps in sequential invoice numbers for an audit client.
#Audit Data
#Sequential Gaps
#LEAD/LAG
Data Engineer
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Technical
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easy
Explain the difference between RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), and ROW_NUMBER(). Give a specific use case for each in an audit context.
#Window Functions
#Data Ranking
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