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Top paid employee

IntermediateDB: intro_v1
Description

Find the employee with the highest salary.

Mission:Practice common interview SQL patterns.
Investigation:Find the employee with the highest salary.
Expected Outcome:Return the correct result set.
Concept tags:
#INTERVIEW
Estimated: 4 minDifficulty: Intermediate
Database Schema
Relationships
No relationships documented.
Tables
employees
idnamedepartmentsalary
Monaco SQL EditorOrderedIntermediate4m
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SCAN
FILTER
GROUP
SORT
RESULT
Pipeline elapsed: 0ms
Shortcuts: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter run, Ctrl/Cmd+/ comment, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F format
#INTERVIEW
Result Summary
Expected: 1
Actual: 0
Needs update
Smart Hint: You returned fewer rows. Check JOIN/WHERE.
Progressive Hints
Hint 1: Break the problem into steps.
Run a query to see results.
Tip: Explore table previews first to understand data relationships.