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Asked at Meta (Facebook) • 2 months ago
Find the number of users who called three or more people in the last week.
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13 answers I was asked this
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"Answer: select fromcaller, count(DISTINCT tocallee) as num_calls from calls group by fromcaller having count(DISTINCT tocallee) >= 3 Setup: CREATE TABLE calls ( from_caller VARCHAR(20), to_callee VARCHAR(20) ); INSERT INTO calls (fromcaller, tocallee) VALUES ('Alice', 'Bob'), ('Charlie', 'Dave'), ('Alice', 'Frank'), ('Charlie', 'Heidi'), ('Charlie', 'Judy'); "
KAI - "Answer: select fromcaller, count(DISTINCT tocallee) as num_calls from calls group by fromcaller having count(DISTINCT tocallee) >= 3 Setup: CREATE TABLE calls ( from_caller VARCHAR(20), to_callee VARCHAR(20) ); INSERT INTO calls (fromcaller, tocallee) VALUES ('Alice', 'Bob'), ('Charlie', 'Dave'), ('Alice', 'Frank'), ('Charlie', 'Heidi'), ('Charlie', 'Judy'); "See full answer
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Asked at Meta (Facebook) • 9 months ago
What percentage of users who were active on Messenger yesterday made a video call yesterday?
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3 answers I was asked this
"WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM user_activity WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ), VideoCallUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM video_calls WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ) SELECT (CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users FROM ActiveUsersYesterday a LEFT JOIN VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"
Bala G. - "WITH ActiveUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM user_activity WHERE activity_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ), VideoCallUsersYesterday AS ( SELECT DISTINCT user_id FROM video_calls WHERE call_date = CAST(GETDATE() - 1 AS DATE) ) SELECT (CAST(COUNT(DISTINCT v.userid) AS FLOAT) / NULLIF(COUNT(DISTINCT a.userid), 0)) * 100 AS percentagevideocall_users FROM ActiveUsersYesterday a LEFT JOIN VideoCallUsersYesterday v ON a.userid = v.userid;"See full answer
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