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SQL Inner Join for Matches
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SQL Inner Join for Matches

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Business Context

Freddie Mac analysts review loan performance records to identify loans that are currently active. The interview environment uses a single performance table for this introductory filtering task.

Task

Write a PostgreSQL query that returns only records where the loan status is Current.

Requirements

  1. Return loan_id, loan_status, and servicer_name.
  2. Include only rows with loan_status = 'Current' and order the results by loan_id in ascending order.

Schema

loan_performance
ColumnTypeDescription
loan_idPKINTEGERUnique Freddie Mac loan identifier
loan_statusVARCHAR(20)Current performance status
servicer_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the servicing organization
monthly_paymentNUMERIC(10,2)Scheduled monthly payment
Tablesloan_performance
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