--- title: "Solving an SQL Problem during Data Analyst Interview" url: https://daily.dev/posts/solving-an-sql-problem-during-data-analyst-interview-z4ptrqlw1 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRiWeg3M3oQ type: video:youtube source: "techTFQ" published: 2026-05-31T07:43:15.289Z updated: 2026-05-31T07:52:21.448Z tags: ["sql", "postgresql", "data-analysis", "interview-questions"] reading_time: 17 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Solving an SQL Problem during Data Analyst Interview **[techTFQ](https://daily.dev/sources/techtfq)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of a real SQL interview problem asked for a data analyst role with four years of experience. The problem involves computing football World Cup group stage points for each team using two tables (teams and matches). The solution uses CTEs, CASE statements to assign win/draw/loss points, aggregation by host and guest team separately, a FULL JOIN to combine host and guest scores, and a RIGHT JOIN with the teams table to include teams that played no matches. The final query returns teams ordered by points descending, then by team ID ascending. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#sql](https://daily.dev/tags/sql), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#data-analysis](https://daily.dev/tags/data-analysis), [#interview-questions](https://daily.dev/tags/interview-questions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/solving-an-sql-problem-during-data-analyst-interview-z4ptrqlw1)