Quick Overview

This question evaluates proficiency in data manipulation and aggregation concepts, including grouped summaries, tie-breaking selection among rows, and conditional counting across relational records using SQL or equivalent Python data tools.

Identify Top Discounts and Monitor Code Submissions

Company: TikTok

Role: Data Scientist

Category: Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Take-home Project

Products +------------+----------+-------+----------+ | product_id | category | price | discount | +------------+----------+-------+----------+ | 101 | phone | 699 | 50 | | 102 | phone | 799 | 60 | | 201 | laptop | 999 | 150 | | 202 | laptop | 1099 | 150 | | 301 | watch | 199 | 20 | +------------+----------+-------+----------+ ​ Submissions +---------------+-------------+-----------+ | submission_id | employer_id | status | +---------------+-------------+-----------+ | 1 | 555 | buggy | | 2 | 555 | non-buggy | | 3 | 777 | buggy | | 4 | 777 | buggy | | 5 | 777 | non-buggy | +---------------+-------------+-----------+ ##### Scenario E-commerce analytics and code-evaluation dashboard: identify top-discounted products per category and monitor buggy vs non-buggy code submissions for each employer. ##### Question For every product category, return the product that has the maximum discount; if several products share that discount, choose the one with the smallest product_id. For each employer_id, count how many submissions are buggy and how many are non-buggy. ##### Hints Use GROUP BY with MAX discount and MIN product_id tie-breaker; use conditional aggregation COUNT(CASE WHEN status='buggy' THEN 1 END).

Quick Answer: This question evaluates proficiency in data manipulation and aggregation concepts, including grouped summaries, tie-breaking selection among rows, and conditional counting across relational records using SQL or equivalent Python data tools.

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