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How would you ensure data quality and integrity in a data pipeline? Discuss the steps you would take to validate and cleanse data.

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Amazon
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142

How would you ensure the system can handle millions of concurrent users?

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Meesho
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How would you fetch data from an external API, and what AWS services would you use to build a scalable data pipeline?

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EPAM
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144

How would you fix a client's failing reporting pipeline suffering from performance bottlenecks?

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BCG
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145

How would you handle late-arriving data in a real-time stream processing pipeline?

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Swiggy
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146

How would you handle schema changes in a production ETL pipeline?

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Swiggy
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147

How would you handle schema evolution in a real-time data system?

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Fragma Data Systems
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148

How would you implement a near real-time data pipeline for analyzing user behavior on the Adidas mobile app?

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Adidas
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149

How would you implement data governance and security in your design?

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McKinsey
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150

How would you manage a disagreement within your team about an ETL pipeline design?

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Morgan Stanley
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151

How would you manage schema evolution in your data lake?

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Microsoft
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152

How would you process Excel files with multiple sheets? Design the data pipeline.

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Cognizant
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153

How would you schedule a recurring pipeline in Data Fusion?

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Aarete
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154

How would you set up an alert system to monitor your ETL pipeline for failures or performance issues?

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Meesho
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155

How would you set up end-to-end tracing for a complex pipeline?

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Capco
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156

How would you use monitoring tools to detect and resolve pipeline failures proactively?

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Swiggy
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157

Identify potential bottlenecks in your pipeline design and propose solutions to mitigate them.

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Puma
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158

Introduce your recent project, explaining its goal, architecture, tools, and technologies.

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Citi
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