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โœ… SQL Interview Challenge ๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿง 

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: How would you count how many employees are in each department?

๐— ๐—ฒ: Iโ€™d use the GROUP BY clause with COUNT(*) to aggregate employee counts per department.

๐Ÿ”น Query:
SELECT department, COUNT(*) AS employee_count  
FROM employees
GROUP BY department;


โœ” Why it works:
โ€“ GROUP BY groups rows by department
โ€“ COUNT(*) counts employees in each group
โ€“ Clean, scalable, and works with large datasets

๐Ÿ”Ž Bonus Insight:
To filter only departments with more than 5 employees:
SELECT department, COUNT(*) AS employee_count  
FROM employees
GROUP BY department
HAVING COUNT(*) > 5;

โ€“ HAVING filters aggregated results
โ€“ Useful in dashboards, reports, and business logic

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