SQL Online Test - Fundamental Assessment

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Our SQL Online Test is the ideal pre-employment assessment for recruiters and hiring managers to hire job-fit candidates objectively and accurately. The pre-hire test is helpful for hiring roles such as SQL Developer, SQL Programmer, Data Administrator, and Data Analyst. This SQL coding test evaluates candidates’ knowledge of SQL Data Types, SQL Operations, Views, Indexes, Null, SQL Functions, and DBMS Concepts. This skills assessment test can reduce time-to-hire by 40%.

About SQL Online Test - Fundamental Assessment

SQL (Structured Query Language) is used to manage a relational database management system (RDBMS) and perform various operations such as executing queries, retrieving data, editing data, and inserting new data—essentially, everything that makes databases interactive and not static.

Database administrators regularly use SQL language; developers write data integration scripts; data architects design, create, deploy and manage an organization's data architecture; and data analysts are looking to set up and run analytical queries.

What is an SQL online test?
SQL Online Test enables employers, hiring managers and recruiters to assess the basic SQL knowledge of applicants who can write programs, functions, and queries to manage the data and the structure of the database. SQL coding test is designed by experienced Subject Matter Experts (SME) to evaluate and hire SQL professionals as per industry standards.

Two important use cases for SQL assessment test

#1 Identifying job-fit candidates based on job roles
According to the job role, iMocha assists you in creating customized SQL online test.Our cooperative team of experts go through job descriptions and sets different levels of SQL assessment tests required for the role. Our team focuses on leveling up hiring job-fit candidates with our skill assessment.

#2 Skill-gap analysis of your employees
Our pre-and post-training assessments gives a clear picture on the areas of improvement of an individual. With the help of our assessments, you’ll be able to know about the learner’s growth. To make the learning process interesting and intuitive, iMocha platform can be integrated with a legacy LMS. Our SQL online test for interview help analyse the skill gap of an individual.

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Test Summary

SQL online test helps you to screen candidates who possess skills as follows:

Knowledge of SQL syntax and basic language elements.
Ability to write queries used for front-end applications and uncover helpful business insights. (Websites, desktop applications, or cloud apps).
Review query performance and optimize code.
Design and coding database tables to store the application’s data.
Knowledge of data modeling to visualize database structure.
Familiarity with stored procedures, and functions.

SQL online test can be customized, and a more advanced level question set can be added to evaluate experienced candidates.

Test Creation Process
Our SQL live coding test helps you assess candidate’s specific skills. At iMocha, assessments are produced by Subject Matter Experts based on their experience. For example: Database SQL experts create questions on Indexes, Queries, Views, Commands and Clause, etc.

Test Analytics Report
Recruiters can use intelligent and powerful test insights that will help them identify job-fit candidates more accurately with score distribution and section analysis features.

Test Question Format
SQL programming online test may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, AI-LogicBox, Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

Test Design Guidelines
Basic SQL test for interview is designed considering EEOC guidelines, it will help you assess and hire diverse talent without any bias.

Test Duration: 20 minutes

No. of Questions: 10

Level of Expertise: Entry-level/Mid/Senior

Useful for hiring

SQL Developer/Programmer
Database Administrator
Data Analyst
Data Architect
Database Manager
Software Developer
Data Science Professionals

Topics Covered

SQL Data Types and Literals

The pre-hire tests assess the knowledge of data types such as int, tinyint, bigint, float, real, etc.

SQL Operators

The AI-based skills test evaluates applicant’s ability to perform comparisons and arithmetic operations.

Views

The SQL online test checks the understanding of virtual tables to fetch data from the database.

Indexes

The test evaluates the applicant’s understanding of indexing columns faster to query.

SQL Functions

The pre-employment test helps you find out the candidate’s knowledge about SQL functions like Aggregate and Scalar.

SQL Tables

The iMocha’s SQL online test helps you gauge knowledge of logically organized data in a row & column format.

Queries

The test contains questions on all types of queries to fetch the data from the database.

Commands and clause

The SQL online test helps you evaluate the SQL command knowledge of candidates to perform tasks, functions, and queries with data.

DBMS Concepts

The test check's ability to control the database with Database Management Systems.

Sample Questions

Choose from our 100,000+ question library or add your own questions to make powerful custom tests

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

Normalization

Difficulty:

Hard

Q 1. You are normalizing data in a database. You have the following table:

ID	Name	Age	Weight (Kg)	WeightIndex
1	Jess	25	40	Small
2	Mary	26	55	Normal
3	Jill	20	80	Overweight

Which normal form is represented in the table, and what will be the next normal form for this table?

The table is not in a normal form, and the next normal form is the first normal form

The table is in the first normal form, and the next normal form is the second normal form

The table is in the second normal form, and the next normal form is the third normal form

The table is in the third normal form, and the next normal form is the fourth normal form

Question types:

Multiple Option

Topic:

Data Integrity

Difficulty:

Easy

Q 2. You are creating a table with the column "TypeName". The column is defined with the CHAR (10) data type and requires a UNIQUE constraint, which you will define as a column constraint. Which SQL code should you use for the column definition?

TypeName UNIQUE CHAR (10)

UNIQUE TypeName CHAR (10)

TypeName CHAR (10)

TypeName CHAR (10) UNIQUE

Sample Report

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You can customize this test by

Setting difficulty level of test

Choose easy, medium or hard questions from our skill libraries to assess candidates of different experience levels.

Combining multiple skills into one test

Add multiple skills in a single test to create an effective assessment. Assess multiple skills together.

Adding your own questions to the test

Add, edit or bulk upload your own coding questions, MCQ, whiteboarding questions & more.

Requesting a tailor-made test

Get a tailored assessment created with the help of our subject matter experts to ensure effective screening.

Related Skills

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does a SQL online test help recruiters hire candidates?

Our SQL online test help recruiters hire in many ways. With the help of our skill library assessment, they can access candidates in a short period of time. Also, our skill assessment platform allows you to customize assessments to create tests as per your specific needs. Our skill assessment platform saves precious time of recruiters while reducing the workload.

Which certification should a recruiter look for Database SQL Developer?

Some of the certifications for Database SQL Developer:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
IBM Certified Database Associate
Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate Certification
Oracle Certified Professional, MySQL 5.7 Database Administrator Certification
EDB PostgreSQL 12 Associate Certification

What are the roles and responsibilities of SQL Developer?

Listed below are some of the roles and responsibilities of SQL Developer:

Should be able to improve application performance
Should know how to prepare documentation for database applications
Should be able to develop tables, database schemas, and dictionaries
Should provide authentication and authorizations for database
Should be able to develop best practices for database design and development activities

What are the required skillsets for this role?

Here are some of the required skillsets for SQL developer are:

They should have knowledge in OS like UNIX
They must know one programming language
They should have good understanding of front-end languages
They should have a proficiency in SQL

What are the common interview questions for this role?

Some of the common interview questions for the SQL Developer are:

When to use sh, ksh, or bash, % for csh or tcsh prompts in SQL Programs?
What is the difference between Physical (Raw) Versus Logical Backups?
How to use mysqldump for Backups?
How to access SQL Data Directory?
What are the common SQL Server Logs problems?

What tools and platforms SQL entry level professionals use?

Listed below are some of the tools and platforms:

Adminer database management
dbeaver Universal database tool
Microsoft SQL Server Management
RazorSQL query tool
SQuirreL SQL IDE
Datapine SQL Editor
MySQL Workbench
Valentina Studio, etc

What is the package of SQL Developer?

The average salary of SQL Developers is $93,334 in United States. Besides, the average annual pay for an Entry Level SQL Developer is $54,199 per year.