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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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122

Use cases for internal staging in Snowflake?

SQLeasyetlsnowflake0.6 min read
Snowflake
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123

Using Airflow to trigger and manage ETL jobs?

SQLeasyairflowetlpython0.6 min read
Snowflake
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124

What are Assert Transformations, and where are they used?

SQLeasypythonspark0.6 min read
Virtusa
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125

What are BigQuery Slots?

SQLmediumbigquerypartition0.6 min read
EY
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126

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

SQLmediumpartitionsparksql0.7 min read
Swiggy
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127

What are partitioning strategies in Redshift?

SQLmediumjoinpartition0.6 min read
Persistent Systems
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128

What are some best practices for writing efficient SQL queries?

SQLmediumjoinpartitionsql0.6 min read
Freecharge
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129

What are the benefits of BigQuery Warehouse?

SQLhardbigquerypartitionsql0.5 min read
EY
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130

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

SQLhardoptimizationsnowflake0.5 min read
Adidas
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131

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

SQLmediumjoin0.5 min read
McKinsey
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132

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

SQLhardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
BCG
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133

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

SQLhardjoinsql0.5 min read
Goldman Sachs
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134

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

SQLmediumjoinpartition0.6 min read
EPAM
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135

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

SQLhardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
BCG
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136

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

SQLmediumpartitionspark0.6 min read
TCS
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137

What is BigQuery Cache?

SQLeasybigquery0.6 min read
EY
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138

What is CTE in SQL?

SQLhardoptimizationpartitionsql0.6 min read
Gartner
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139

What is Left Anti Join and its use case?

SQLmediumjoin0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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140

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

SQLmediumpartitionsql0.6 min read
Daniel Wellington
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