Sum Investment Values after Two Independent Group Tests

Quick Overview

Sum qualifying investments when an earlier investment value is shared and the policy location is unique.

Sum Investment Values after Two Independent Group Tests

Company: Meta

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Data Manipulation (SQL/Python)

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Other

### Problem Report tiv_2016, rounded to two decimal places, summing policies that share their tiv_2015 with at least one other policy and whose exact (lat,lon) location occurs for no other policy. Both tests refer to the entire Insurance table. The exact sum fits the PostgreSQL numeric range. ### Tables Table: `Insurance` ```text +-------------+---------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------+---------+ | pid | int | | tiv_2015 | numeric | | tiv_2016 | numeric | | lat | float | | lon | float | +-------------+---------+ pid is the primary key (column with unique values) for this table. Each row of this table contains information about one policy where: pid is the policyholder's policy ID. tiv_2015 is the total investment value in 2015 and tiv_2016 is the total investment value in 2016. lat is the latitude of the policy holder's city. It's guaranteed that lat is not NULL. lon is the longitude of the policy holder's city. It's guaranteed that lon is not NULL. ``` ### Constraints - In this version, `tiv_2015` and `tiv_2016` are exact decimal values represented by PostgreSQL `numeric`; both are finite and non-NULL. - In this version, `lat` and `lon` remain floating-point coordinates and are finite and non-NULL. - Investment values and all intermediate and final aggregate sums, including the rounded result, fit PostgreSQL `numeric`. ### Output Return exactly one row with the column `tiv_2016`. If no policies qualify, that value is NULL; otherwise, return the sum rounded to two decimal places. ### Example ```text Insurance (pid,tiv_2015,tiv_2016,lat,lon): (1,10,12,1,1), (2,10,18,2,2), (3,20,30,2,2), (4,30,40,3,3) Output (tiv_2016): (12.00) ``` ### What a Strong Answer Covers - Evaluate both eligibility rules against the complete policy table. - Sum the qualifying investments and return the specified NULL result when none qualify. ### Follow-up Questions - How would you report the qualifying policy count alongside the sum? - How would approximate location matching change the definition of a unique location?

Overview: Sum qualifying investments when an earlier investment value is shared and the policy location is unique.

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Problem

Report tiv_2016, rounded to two decimal places, summing policies that share their tiv_2015 with at least one other policy and whose exact (lat,lon) location occurs for no other policy. Both tests refer to the entire Insurance table. The exact sum fits the PostgreSQL numeric range.

Tables

Table: Insurance

+-------------+---------+
| Column Name | Type    |
+-------------+---------+
| pid         | int     |
| tiv_2015    | numeric |
| tiv_2016    | numeric |
| lat         | float   |
| lon         | float   |
+-------------+---------+
pid is the primary key (column with unique values) for this table.
Each row of this table contains information about one policy where:
pid is the policyholder's policy ID.
tiv_2015 is the total investment value in 2015 and tiv_2016 is the total investment value in 2016.
lat is the latitude of the policy holder's city. It's guaranteed that lat is not NULL.
lon is the longitude of the policy holder's city. It's guaranteed that lon is not NULL.

Constraints

  • In this version, tiv_2015 and tiv_2016 are exact decimal values represented by PostgreSQL numeric ; both are finite and non-NULL.
  • In this version, lat and lon remain floating-point coordinates and are finite and non-NULL.
  • Investment values and all intermediate and final aggregate sums, including the rounded result, fit PostgreSQL numeric .

Output

Return exactly one row with the column tiv_2016. If no policies qualify, that value is NULL; otherwise, return the sum rounded to two decimal places.

Example

Insurance (pid,tiv_2015,tiv_2016,lat,lon):
(1,10,12,1,1), (2,10,18,2,2), (3,20,30,2,2), (4,30,40,3,3)
Output (tiv_2016): (12.00)

What a Strong Answer Covers Guidance

  • Evaluate both eligibility rules against the complete policy table.
  • Sum the qualifying investments and return the specified NULL result when none qualify.

Follow-up Questions Guidance

  • How would you report the qualifying policy count alongside the sum?
  • How would approximate location matching change the definition of a unique location?