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Using SQL for Ops Decisions
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Using SQL for Ops Decisions

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Describe your experience with business-flavored SQL and how you have used it to drive operational decisions at Waymo.

For this exercise, use the supplied Waymo trip and trip event records to produce a concise operational summary for the first quarter of 2025.

Output

  1. One row per city and calendar month with at least 3 trips.
  2. Return city, report_month, total_trips, completed_trips, cancellation_rate_pct, safety_event_count, and avg_completed_eta_variance_seconds.
  3. Sort by month ascending, then city ascending.

Schema

waymo_trips
ColumnTypeDescription
trip_idPKINTUnique trip identifier
cityVARCHAR(100)Operational city where the trip occurred
requested_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the trip was requested
statusVARCHAR(20)Trip outcome
eta_variance_secondsINTActual arrival variance from the estimated arrival time
waymo_trip_events
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique trip event identifier
trip_idINTTrip associated with the event
event_typeVARCHAR(40)Operational event category
Tableswaymo_tripswaymo_trip_events
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