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

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Goldman Sachs
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162

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

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EPAM
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163

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

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BCG
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164

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

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TCS
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165

What is BigQuery Cache?

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EY
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166

What is CTE in SQL?

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Gartner
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167

What is Left Anti Join and its use case?

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Altimetrik
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168

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

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Daniel Wellington
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169

What is UNNEST and provide a query example?

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EY
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170

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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171

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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172

What is a cross-join?

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Altimetrik
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173

What is a semi-join?

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Altimetrik
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174

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

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TCS
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175

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

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Aarete
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176

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

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Dunnhumby
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177

What optimizations would you apply for partitioning strategies?

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Fragma Data Systems
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178

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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179

What strategies would you use to manage dynamic partitions efficiently?

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Capco
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180

When would you choose partitioning over bucketing, or vice versa?

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EPAM
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