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What are Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD), and how would you implement them for tracking customer data changes?

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Swiggy
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202

What are partitioning strategies in Redshift?

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Persistent Systems
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203

What are some best practices for writing efficient SQL queries?

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Freecharge
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204

What are the differences between normalization and denormalization? When would you use a denormalized structure?

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McKinsey
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205

What are the types of views?

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Ford
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206

What challenges arise with duplicate records, and how do you address them?

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EPAM
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207

What factors determine the optimal number of partitions for a large file?

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TCS
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208

What inspires you to join Walmart?

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Walmart
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209

What is Left Anti Join and its use case?

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Altimetrik
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210

What is Redshift Spectrum, and how does it differ from standard Redshift queries?

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Daniel Wellington
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211

What is UNNEST and provide a query example?

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EY
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212

What is a Kafka topic, and how do you choose the number of partitions for it?

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Citi
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213

What is a cross-join?

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Altimetrik
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214

What is a semi-join?

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Altimetrik
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215

What is dynamic partition pruning, and how does it optimize query execution?

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TCS
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216

What is the difference between UNION and UNION ALL? Which one is faster and why?

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Aarete
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217

What is the difference between static and dynamic partitioning in Hive?

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Dunnhumby
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218

What is the role of a partition in Kafka, and how does it impact scalability?

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Citi
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219

What is your motivation to join Google?

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Google
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220

What is your preferred location, and how soon can you join?

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EPAM
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