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What are the benefits of using a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake) for analytics?

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Adidas
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What are the key design principles for a cloud-based data warehouse?

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BCG
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43

What are the trade-offs between relational databases and NoSQL for financial data?

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Goldman Sachs
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44

What considerations are important when designing a dimensional model for a ridesharing app?

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BCG
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45

What is CTE in SQL?

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Gartner
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46

What is a Data Warehouse, and can you explain its Tier-1 and Tier-2 architecture?

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Chryselys
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47

What optimizations would you apply for partitioning strategies?

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Fragma Data Systems
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48

What strategies and technologies would you consider when designing a data warehouse architecture for efficient data storage and retrieval?

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Amazon
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You need to design a Kafka topic for a logging service. How would you decide the number of partitions and the key for partitioning to balance throughput and ordering requirements?

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Dunnhumby
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