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Last 3 Students Query
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Last 3 Students Query

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a query to find the last 3 students from a student table.

Asked in the Technical interview 1 stage. For this exercise, interpret "last" as the three most recently enrolled students.

Output

  1. Return student_id, student_name, and enrolled_at.
  2. Include only students with a non-null enrollment date.
  3. Return three rows, ordered from most recent enrollment to oldest. Break enrollment-date ties with the higher student_id first.

Schema

students
ColumnTypeDescription
student_idPKINTUnique student identifier
student_nameVARCHAR(100)Student's full name
enrolled_atDATEDate when the student enrolled
Tablesstudents
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