Second Largest Salary Query | Dataford Interview Questions

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Problem

Capgemini Government Solutions needs a compensation report for employees assigned to current government delivery programs. Write a PostgreSQL query to find employees whose salary is the second-highest distinct salary among eligible employees.

Requirements

Join employees to employee_assignments using employee_id.
Include only employees with employment_status = 'Active' and a current assignment.
Rank distinct salary levels from highest to lowest, and return every employee at rank 2. Exclude NULL salaries.
Return employee_id, employee_name, and salary, ordered by salary descending and employee ID ascending.

Schema

employees

Column	Type	Description
employee_idPK	INTEGER	Unique employee identifier
employee_name	VARCHAR(100)	Employee full name
salary	NUMERIC(10,2)	Annual employee salary
employment_status	VARCHAR(20)	Employment status

employee_assignments

Column	Type	Description
assignment_idPK	INTEGER	Unique assignment identifier
employee_id	INTEGER	Employee assigned to the program
program_name	VARCHAR(120)	Government delivery program name
is_current	BOOLEAN	Whether the assignment is currently active