Why You Should Use This Transact SQL (T SQL) Online Test

The Transact SQL (T SQL) Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates. The Adaface Transact-SQL (T-SQL) assessment screens candidates for the typical skills recruiters look for in a T-SQL developer: Experience with T-SQL including dynamic SQL Experience in SSIS/SSRS development Development experience with SQL Server Ability to work with Database Team on best practices and abiding coding standards The insights generated from this assessment can be used by recruiters and hiring managers to identify the best candidates for T-SQL Developer roles. Anti-cheating features enable you to be comfortable with conducting assessments online. The Transact SQL (T SQL) Online Test is ideal for helping recruiters identify which candidates have the skills to do well on the job.

T SQL Online Test

About the test:

The T-SQL Online test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their knowledge of Transact-SQL, including their proficiency in working with SQL Server databases, database management, and query optimization. The test also evaluates a candidate's familiarity with T-SQL programming constructs, functions, and operators, as well as their ability to write and debug complex SQL queries. The test aims to evaluate a candidate's ability to work with T-SQL effectively and design and develop efficient database solutions.

Covered skills:

Nested Cursors
JOIN
Pivot Table
Common Table Expressions

Top Filters
MERGE
Loops

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9 reasons why

Adaface T SQL Online Test is the most accurate way to shortlist T-SQL Developers

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The Transact SQL (T SQL) Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates.

The Adaface Transact-SQL (T-SQL) assessment screens candidates for the typical skills recruiters look for in a T-SQL developer:

Experience with T-SQL including dynamic SQL
Experience in SSIS/SSRS development
Development experience with SQL Server
Ability to work with Database Team on best practices and abiding coding standards

The insights generated from this assessment can be used by recruiters and hiring managers to identify the best candidates for T-SQL Developer roles. Anti-cheating features enable you to be comfortable with conducting assessments online. The Transact SQL (T SQL) Online Test is ideal for helping recruiters identify which candidates have the skills to do well on the job.

Reason #2

No trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

Why we started Adaface ->

Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this T SQL Online Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium MS SQL: enterpriseDB, GROUP BY	Solve
The following T-SQL statements are run on enterpriseDB database: uamMembers with MemberPaid as 1 implies that the member payment is complete. We want to find number of paid users for each uamGroup. (If a uamGroup does not have any paid members, we want to have 0 as paid members count). Of the following T-SQL statements, what should we run to achieve this?
Medium MS SQL: Most recurring errors	Solve
Check out following MS SQL tables: We have a status monitoring page to display most recurring errors for each user. Here's the T-SQL statement to achieve this: How would you fill the empty blocks to finish the T-SQL statement from following options?
Medium Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
Medium nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
Medium Select & IN Nested queries	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
Medium Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
Hard With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium MS SQL: enterpriseDB, GROUP BY	4 mins MS SQL	Solve
The following T-SQL statements are run on enterpriseDB database: uamMembers with MemberPaid as 1 implies that the member payment is complete. We want to find number of paid users for each uamGroup. (If a uamGroup does not have any paid members, we want to have 0 as paid members count). Of the following T-SQL statements, what should we run to achieve this?
	Medium MS SQL: Most recurring errors	4 mins MS SQL	Solve
Check out following MS SQL tables: We have a status monitoring page to display most recurring errors for each user. Here's the T-SQL statement to achieve this: How would you fill the empty blocks to finish the T-SQL statement from following options?
	Medium Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	2 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	Medium nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	3 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
	Medium Select & IN Nested queries	3 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
	Medium Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	3 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
	Hard With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	2 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	MS SQL: enterpriseDB, GROUP BY	MS SQL	Medium	4 mins	Solve
The following T-SQL statements are run on enterpriseDB database: uamMembers with MemberPaid as 1 implies that the member payment is complete. We want to find number of paid users for each uamGroup. (If a uamGroup does not have any paid members, we want to have 0 as paid members count). Of the following T-SQL statements, what should we run to achieve this?
	MS SQL: Most recurring errors	MS SQL	Medium	4 mins	Solve
Check out following MS SQL tables: We have a status monitoring page to display most recurring errors for each user. Here's the T-SQL statement to achieve this: How would you fill the empty blocks to finish the T-SQL statement from following options?
	Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	SQL	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
	Select & IN Nested queries	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
	Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
	With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	SQL	Hard	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!

Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment T SQL Online Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the T SQL Online Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & benchmarks

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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About T-SQL Developer Roles

T-SQL, or Transact SQL, is the query language used by Microsoft SQL Server. It can assist with tasks like as getting data from a single row, adding new rows, and retrieving several rows. The SQL Server uses it as a procedural language.

Typical T-SQL Developer responsibilities include:

Designing and creating tables, views, triggers, partitions, complex stored procedures, functions, indexes and other database objects
Supporting data extraction and transformation using DTS/SSIS Import Export Data, Bulk Insert, BCP and DTS/SSIS packages
Configuring automated proactive and reactive monitoring of database systems
Analyzing database
Documenting processes and procedures for development and workflow needs

What roles can I use the T SQL Online Test for?

T-SQL Developer
Sr. T-SQL Developer

What topics are covered in the T SQL Online Test?

Transact Structured Query Language

Proprietary Procedural Language

Database Engine

TRUNCATE

Local Variable

Sub-Query

Dynamic Queries

Server Integration Services

Data Audits

Report Generation

VALUE List

TOP

Join Types

T String Functions

OFFSET-FETCH Filter

Uncommittable Transactions

Catalog Stored Procedures

Sp_pkeys

SET Statement

IDENTITY Column

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.

85%

reduction in screening time

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FAQs

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

Non-googleable questions
IP proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.