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Rank Candidates by Technical Domain
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Rank Candidates by Technical Domain

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

You are given candidate assessment results from the Micro1 talent platform. Write a PostgreSQL query that returns each candidate's score and rank within their specific technical domain. Use a window function so ranking resets for each domain, and sort the final output by domain name and rank. If two candidates have the same score in the same domain, break ties by earlier assessment date, then by lower candidate ID.

Schema

candidates
ColumnTypeDescription
candidate_idPKINTUnique candidate ID
candidate_nameVARCHAR(100)Candidate full name
domain_idINTTechnical domain assigned to the candidate
domains
ColumnTypeDescription
domain_idPKINTUnique domain ID
domain_nameVARCHAR(100)Technical domain name
assessments
ColumnTypeDescription
assessment_idPKINTUnique assessment record ID
candidate_idINTCandidate who took the assessment
assessment_dateDATEDate of assessment
scoreINTAssessment score
Tablescandidatesdomainsassessments
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