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What is the difference between Managed and External tables in Hive/Spark?

Spark/Big Dataeasyspark2 min read
CitiDunnhumbyFragma Data Systems
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When would you architecturally choose Dataset[T] over DataFrame in a Scala Spark pipeline, and what are the scalability and portability trade-offs? Include type-safety benefits vs. operational constraints.

Spark/Big Dataeasyetlpythonspark0.6 min read
CoforgeLTIMindtree
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3

What is the difference between Managed and External Tables in Databricks?

Spark/Big Dataeasysnowflakespark0.6 min read
AltimetrikIncedo
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4

Approaches to handling multiple tasks within a sprint?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.6 min read
Snowflake
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5

Can you share a time when you had to shift focus due to urgent tasks?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.5 min read
Moonfare
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6

Create a DataFrame with default column types

Spark/Big Dataeasypythonsparksql0.4 min read
KPMG
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7

Explain your approach to monitoring and logging Spark jobs in AWS. What tools would you use to identify performance bottlenecks?

Spark/Big Dataeasyspark0.6 min read
EPAM
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8

How do you compare the time investment and value of a task?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.5 min read
Delivery Hero
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9

How do you handle bad data in Databricks?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.5 min read
PWC
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10

Sqoop Incremental Import?

Spark/Big Dataeasysql0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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11

Sqoop command for importing multiple tables

Spark/Big Dataeasyairflowsql0.5 min read
Meesho
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12

Suppose you have a DAG that ingests data from multiple databases. How would you increase task parallelism in Airflow to improve performance without overloading the system?

Spark/Big Dataeasyairflowsql0.6 min read
Dunnhumby
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13

Suppose you need to import 5 tables from an external RDBMS (like MySQL) into Hadoop HDFS. Write the Sqoop command

Spark/Big Dataeasyairflowsql0.6 min read
Meesho
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14

Task Dependencies in DAG

Spark/Big Dataeasyairflow0.5 min read
Verizon
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15

What are the advantages of using Delta Lake over Parquet?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.5 min read
Puma
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16

What are the differences between %pip and %conda commands in Databricks?

Spark/Big Dataeasypython0.6 min read
TCS
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17

What are the different modes in which you can submit Spark jobs? Explain each.

Spark/Big Dataeasyspark0.5 min read
Dunnhumby
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18

What are the performance considerations when using Auto Loader?

Spark/Big Dataeasy0.5 min read
TCS
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19

What are transient clusters in EMR, and when would you use them?

Spark/Big Dataeasyetl0.5 min read
Persistent Systems
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20

Write PySpark code to filter and count records.

Spark/Big Dataeasypythonsparksql0.3 min read
Bitwise
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