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Tell us how you would construct an Employee table. What fields? Select employees from the employee table. How do we know what their current role is (job table)? Select employees who do not have not been assigned a job. How would you load an employee list through SSIS?
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Senior Database Developer

Interviewed at Citi

3.6
Jul 13, 2015

Tell us how you would construct an Employee table. What fields? Select employees from the employee table. How do we know what their current role is (job table)? Select employees who do not have not been assigned a job. How would you load an employee list through SSIS?

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Database Engineer

Interviewed at Icertis

3.5
Aug 11, 2023

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