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How many records result from Inner Join, Left Join, Right Join given Table A and Table B?

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EY
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62

How many rows result from left, right, full outer, and inner joins?

SQLmediumjoin2 min read
Gartner
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63

How to Handle Null in Spark

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Nagarro
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64

How to optimize join of large and small tables in Spark?

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Datametica
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65

How would you deal with data skewness in a large dataset?

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Capgemini
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66

How would you handle data type changes for an existing column?

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Capco
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67

How would you handle duplicate or corrupted data in a batch ETL job?

SQLmediumetlpartitionspark0.7 min read
Adidas
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68

How would you handle nulls in a SQL join? Provide examples using COALESCE.

SQLmediumjoinsql0.7 min read
Bristol Myers Squibb
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69

How would you identify duplicate records based on a composite key in SQL?

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Amazon
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70

How would you optimize a query fetching sales data across multiple countries with billions of rows?

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Adidas
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71

How would you optimize a query with multiple joins and subqueries?

SQLmediumjoin0.7 min read
American Express
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72

How would you prevent small file problems in S3 when loading data into Redshift?

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Capco
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73

How would you retrieve the first and last order for each customer from a sales table?

SQLmediumpartitionwindow0.7 min read
Wipro
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74

Identify and remove duplicate records from a table, keeping the most recent record based on a timestamp column.

SQLmediumpartitionsparksql0.6 min read
Goldman Sachs
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75

If manual partitions are created in a Hive data-warehouse table directory, and you query records from those partitions, will you see the data? If not, how can this be fixed?

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Dunnhumby
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76

Implement a CASE WHEN condition - medium difficulty

SQLmedium0.7 min read
Wolters Kluwer
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77

Kafka Partitioning: How would you ensure even load distribution across Kafka partitions in a high-volume system?

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BCG
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78

Teradata to Hadoop migration and handling data with SCD Type 2?

SQLmediumjoinpartitionspark0.7 min read
Citi
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79

Test SQL skills using advanced window functions such as LAG, LEAD, and DENSE_RANK.

SQLmediumpartitionsqlwindow0.7 min read
Carelon
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80

Two tables: Table 1 has 8 records, Table 2 has 2 records, common column id. How many records would result with Inner Join, Left Join, Right Join, Full Outer Join?

SQLmediumjoin0.8 min read
Fossil Group
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