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5⃣ frequently Asked SQL Interview Questions with Answers in data analyst interviews

📍1. Write a SQL query to find the average purchase amount for each customer. Assume you have two tables: Customers (CustomerID, Name) and Orders (OrderID, CustomerID, Amount).

SELECT c.CustomerID, c. Name, AVG(o.Amount) AS AveragePurchase
FROM Customers c
JOIN Orders o ON c.CustomerID = o.CustomerID
GROUP BY c.CustomerID, c. Name;


📍2. Write a query to find the employee with the minimum salary in each department from a table Employees with columns EmployeeID, Name, DepartmentID, and Salary.

SELECT e1.DepartmentID, e1.EmployeeID, e1 .Name, e1.Salary
FROM Employees e1
WHERE Salary = (SELECT MIN(Salary) FROM Employees e2 WHERE e2.DepartmentID = e1.DepartmentID);

📍3. Write a SQL query to find all products that have never been sold. Assume you have a table Products (ProductID, ProductName) and a table Sales (SaleID, ProductID, Quantity).

SELECT p.ProductID, p.ProductName
FROM Products p
LEFT JOIN Sales s ON p.ProductID = s.ProductID
WHERE s.ProductID IS NULL;

📍4. Given a table Orders with columns OrderID, CustomerID, OrderDate, and a table OrderItems with columns OrderID, ItemID, Quantity, write a query to find the customer with the highest total order quantity.

SELECT o.CustomerID, SUM(oi.Quantity) AS TotalQuantity
FROM Orders o
JOIN OrderItems oi ON o.OrderID = oi.OrderID
GROUP BY o.CustomerID
ORDER BY TotalQuantity DESC
LIMIT 1

;

📍5. Write a SQL query to find the earliest order date for each customer from a table Orders (OrderID, CustomerID, OrderDate).


SELECT CustomerID, MIN(OrderDate) AS EarliestOrderDate
FROM Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID


Hope it helps :)
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