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Employee Hierarchy Queries

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Employee hierarchy with queries: build a structure over an employee hierarchy and answer queries, similar to tries / Design In-Memory File System.

Asked in the onsite stage. Write a SQL query that reports hierarchy statistics for every active employee.

Output

  1. One row per active employee, including employees with no reports.
  2. Columns: employee_id, employee_name, direct_reports, total_reports, and max_reporting_depth.
  3. Sort by total_reports descending, then employee_id ascending.

Schema

employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique employee identifier
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee's full name
job_titleVARCHAR(100)Employee's job title
employment_statusVARCHAR(20)Employment status, such as active or inactive
employee_hierarchy
ColumnTypeDescription
ancestor_idINTAn employee with one or more descendants
descendant_idINTA direct or indirect report
depthINTNumber of reporting levels between ancestor and descendant
Tablesemployeesemployee_hierarchy
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