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What are the key components of AWS Glue, and how do they work together?

Cloud/Toolshardetlspark0.6 min read
EYIncedoTech Mahindra
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2

What is Snowflake's architecture, and why is it unique?

Cloud/Toolshardbigqueryjoinoptimization3 min read
EYIncedoTech Mahindra
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3

What is the difference between S3 and HDFS?

Cloud/Toolshard0.6 min read
EYIncedoTech Mahindra
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4

ADF Optimization Techniques?

Cloud/Toolshardoptimizationpartitionspark0.6 min read
Deloitte
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5

Azure Fabric in Cloud Architecture?

Cloud/Toolshardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Comcast
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6

Business generates TBs of data daily. How would you design the data pipeline in Azure?

Cloud/Toolshardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Cognizant
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7

Core services of AWS used in data engineering?

Cloud/Toolshardairflowsparksql0.3 min read
Aarete
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8

Data Lakehouse architecture in Azure?

Cloud/Toolshardjoinlakehouseoptimization3.6 min read
Persistent Systems
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9

Describe AWS Glue components and their functions.

Cloud/Toolshardetlpythonspark0.3 min read
EY
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10

Could you describe a specific cost optimization strategy you implemented in the cloud and its results?

Cloud/Toolshardbigqueryoptimizationpartition0.6 min read
Walmart
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11

Describe how Adidas could use S3 and Athena to analyze clickstream data.

Cloud/Toolshardpartition0.4 min read
Adidas
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12

Design an end-to-end data pipeline using Glue, Lambda, EC2, S3, Redshift, and Athena.

Cloud/Toolshardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Carelon
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13

Design: Migrate data from multiple sources (Hadoop, S3, Oracle DB) into a final S3 bucket

Cloud/Toolshardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
PayPal
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14

Explain Snowpipe as a continuous data ingestion service.

Cloud/Toolshardsnowflake0.3 min read
Cognizant
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15

Explain steps to optimize data read performance from cloud storage (S3 or Azure Blob).

Cloud/Toolshardoptimizationpartitionspark0.3 min read
Fragma Data Systems
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16

Explain the components of ADF: Pipelines, Activities, Linked Services, Datasets, Triggers, and Integration Runtimes

Cloud/Toolshard0.3 min read
Kaseya
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17

Explain the difference between Azure Event Hub and Azure Service Bus.

Cloud/Toolshard0.3 min read
Fractal
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18

Explain the process of setting up an ETL pipeline using AWS services.

Cloud/Toolshardetlpartitionspark0.2 min read
Wipro
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19

Explain the purpose and architecture of Azure Synapse Analytics.

Cloud/Toolshardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Fractal
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20

Explain your cloud-based data pipeline on AWS

Cloud/Toolshardetlpartition0.3 min read
Lumiq
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