Compute seller counts and vehicle share

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This question evaluates data manipulation and analytical SQL competencies such as joining tables, aggregating and deduplicating interaction counts, applying date-window filters, and computing category-level percentage metrics.

Compute seller counts and vehicle share

Company: Meta

Role: Data Scientist

Category: Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

You are given two tables: 1. `listing_interactions` - `buyer_id` BIGINT - `seller_id` BIGINT - `event_date` DATE - `product_id` BIGINT - `listing_interactions` INT — number of buyer-seller interactions for that product on that date 2. `dim_all_products` - `product_id` BIGINT - `category` STRING - `snapshot_date` DATE - `create_date` DATE - `country` STRING Assumptions: - Join the tables on `product_id`. - All dates are stored in UTC. - Unless otherwise specified, use all available data. - For Question 1, define a product as having **multiple interactions** if the total `listing_interactions` summed across all rows for the same `(seller_id, product_id)` is greater than 1. - For Question 2, define **newly created listings in the US** as products with `country = 'US'` and `create_date` in the last 7 calendar days, inclusive of `CURRENT_DATE`. - For Question 2, the numerator and denominator should both use `SUM(listing_interactions)`. Write SQL for the following two tasks: 1. How many sellers have **more than 3 distinct products** that each have multiple interactions? - Return one row with column: `seller_count` 2. Among newly created US listings from the last 7 days, what percentage of total listing interactions comes from the `vehicle` category? - Return one row with column: `vehicle_interaction_pct` - Express the result as a percentage from 0 to 100.

Overview: This question evaluates data manipulation and analytical SQL competencies such as joining tables, aggregating and deduplicating interaction counts, applying date-window filters, and computing category-level percentage metrics.

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You are given two tables:

  1. listing_interactions
    • buyer_id BIGINT
    • seller_id BIGINT
    • event_date DATE
    • product_id BIGINT
    • listing_interactions INT — number of buyer-seller interactions for that product on that date
  2. dim_all_products
    • product_id BIGINT
    • category STRING
    • snapshot_date DATE
    • create_date DATE
    • country STRING

Assumptions:

  • Join the tables on product_id .
  • All dates are stored in UTC.
  • Unless otherwise specified, use all available data.
  • For Question 1, define a product as having multiple interactions if the total listing_interactions summed across all rows for the same (seller_id, product_id) is greater than 1.
  • For Question 2, define newly created listings in the US as products with country = 'US' and create_date in the last 7 calendar days, inclusive of CURRENT_DATE .
  • For Question 2, the numerator and denominator should both use SUM(listing_interactions) .

Write SQL for the following two tasks:

  1. How many sellers have more than 3 distinct products that each have multiple interactions?
    • Return one row with column: seller_count
  2. Among newly created US listings from the last 7 days, what percentage of total listing interactions comes from the vehicle category?
    • Return one row with column: vehicle_interaction_pct
    • Express the result as a percentage from 0 to 100.
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