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Top 50 financial data Interview Questions

The most frequently asked financial data questions across all roles and companies, ranked by real interview frequency. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 35 questions · ~477 min
SQL Month-over-Month Revenue ComparisonMedium
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Compare each product's current and previous month revenue, including absolute and percentage changes.

Window FunctionsLag/LeadDate FunctionsGoogleKeyrus France
SQL Window Functions for Portfolio AnalysisHard
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Rank portfolios by monthly net transaction value using PostgreSQL window functions.

Window FunctionsPivotfinancial dataMacquarie Group
SQL for Market MetricsMedium
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Aggregate daily market metrics by product, including volume, price range, average price, trade counts, and VWAP.

Date Functionsfinancial dataGroup ByIntercontinental Exchange Holdings
Maximizing Money in Infinite BagsMedium
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Find the highest-value consecutive bag segment for each financial input case.

Data Manipulationfinancial dataAggregationsAmazon Web Services
Prepayment and Journal EntryMedium
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Identify valid prepayments and return the corresponding debit and credit journal entry accounts.

ledgerfinancial datadata validationAccenture
Second-Highest Transaction for AdvisorMedium
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Use DENSE_RANK and a join to find the second-highest distinct posted transaction for a Raymond James advisor account.

Subqueriesfinancial dataRankingRaymond James Financial Services
SQL for Options Average PriceEasy
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Calculate the average option trade price for the previous calendar month using date filtering, aggregation, and a reference join.

Date Functionsfinancial datasqlCiti
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~109 min
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Pipelines3 questions · ~41 min
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Peak Transaction Volume in WindowMedium
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Use a sliding window to find the maximum transaction volume within a bounded time range.

aggregationfinancial dataArraysT. Rowe Price
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