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SQL Challenge: Department Salary Ranking Find the 2nd Highest Salary: SQL Interview Challenge How to Find the 2nd Highest Salary in SQL πŸ”₯ SQL INTERVIEW CHALLENGE You’re given this table: employees id | name | department | salary --|----------|------------------|------ 1 | Rahul | IT | 80000 2 | Priya | HR | 60000 3 | Amit | IT | 95000 4 | Neha | HR | 75000 5 | Ravi | IT | 90000 🎯 Your challenge: πŸ‘‰ Find the 2nd highest salary in each department. ❌ Don't use Python. ❌ Don't Google it. ⏱️ Give yourself 5 minutes. Think about it before looking at the comments πŸ‘‡ πŸ’‘ Hint: "ROW_NUMBER()" "RANK()" "DENSE_RANK()" Which one would you use? A) ROW_NUMBER() B) RANK() C) DENSE_RANK() D) Something else ( Order By, Limit, Offset, Max, Sub- Query ) πŸ‘‡ Drop your answer in the comments. I’ll share the solution + explanation in the next post. Save this for your next SQL interview. Subscribe @tech_jroshan for more content on SQL, Power BI, Python, Data Analytics, Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning & Automation. Database, LearningSQL ,TechCareer, Analytics, MachineLearning ,SQLInterview, TechEducation, SQLSeries ,Statistics, Career, TechCareer, DataCareer, tech_jroshan, EDA ,SQL ,Mysql ,Database, RelationalDatabase ,SqlInterviewQuestions, ProblemSolving ,DataAnalytics , DataCleaning, DataScientist, MachineLearningTips #DataAnalysis #DataScience #Python #InterviewQuestions #Pandas