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621

What is a semi-join?

SQLmediumjoin0.6 min read
Altimetrik
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622

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

SQLmediumjoinpartitionspark0.6 min read
TCS
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623

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

SQLmediumjoin0.5 min read
Aarete
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624

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

SQLmediumpartition0.5 min read
Dunnhumby
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625

What optimizations would you apply for partitioning strategies?

SQLhardoptimizationpartitionsnowflake0.6 min read
Fragma Data Systems
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626

What strategies and technologies would you consider when designing a data warehouse architecture for efficient data storage and retrieval?

SQLhardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Amazon
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627

What strategies would you use to manage dynamic partitions efficiently?

SQLmediumpartition0.6 min read
Capco
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628

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

SQLmediumjoinpartition0.5 min read
EPAM
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629

Write SQL query to replace specific patterns in a string column.

SQLeasybigquerysql2 min read
Incedo
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630

Write a SQL query to find departments with more than 10 employees.

SQLmediumjoinsql1 min read
Incedo
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631

Write a SQL query to find house with Avg(score) > 70.

SQLmediumjoinsql2 min read
HCL
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632

Write a SQL query to find the top 5 products by sales per region.

SQLmediumpartitionsql2 min read
Fragma Data Systems
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633

Write a query to calculate Monthly Active Users (MAUs) for July 2022

SQLmediumpartition2 min read
NASDAQ
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634

Write a query to find minimum age.

SQLeasy2 min read
Altimetrik
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635

Write a query to find the median salary of employees in a table.

SQLeasybigquery1 min read
Goldman Sachs
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636

Write a query to find the total number of rides per driver in the last 30 days.

SQLmedium2 min read
Uber
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637

Write a self join query to get the manager's name for each employee.

SQLmediumjoin1 min read
Gartner
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638

Write code to find the third-highest salary in a dataset using Pandas.

SQLmediumspark2 min read
Chryselys
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639

You need to design a Kafka topic for a logging service. How would you decide the number of partitions and the key for partitioning to balance throughput and ordering requirements?

SQLhardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
Dunnhumby
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640

Alternatives to the Medallion Architecture

Spark/Big Datahardjoinoptimizationpartition3.6 min read
KPMG
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