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Write a PySpark script to filter out invalid records from a dataset and calculate the average for a specific column, ensuring the schema is strictly defined at runtime.

Spark/Big Datamediumpartitionspark0.7 min read
Bristol Myers Squibb
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Write a PySpark script to process data stored in Delta format and transform it into Parquet.

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Tredence
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Write a PySpark script to read a CSV file, filter rows where the age column is less than 18, and write the result to a new CSV file.

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Freight Tiger
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Write a complete PySpark program from import statements to the stop statement, covering transformations and actions.

Spark/Big Datamediumjoinpartitionpython0.6 min read
Carelon
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Write a transformation in PySpark to join and clean multiple raw input sources

Spark/Big Datamediumjoinpartitionpython0.7 min read
Netflix
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Write code to read data from Delta Lake in S3 and perform upsert based on primary key

Spark/Big Datamediumpartitionspark0.6 min read
Walmart
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Write maintainable, efficient Pandas or PySpark code.

Spark/Big Datamediumjoinpartitionpython0.6 min read
Apple
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Your Kafka producer schema has changed, and the new data includes additional fields. How would you ensure backward compatibility using Schema Registry while consuming data from the same topic?

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Dunnhumby
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Z-Ordering - use cases for partitioned Delta tables

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Myntra
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