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Data Engineer

How does the query optimizer in Oracle work, what does it consider, and to which class does it belong?

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What is the purpose of slicing data into blocks in HDFS?

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How did you work with Impala?

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How does HDFS differ from regular distributed file systems?

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How does MapReduce work, specifically the Reduce stage?

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What is YARN and why is it needed?

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How have you worked with CI/CD?

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How did you load data from S3 into Greenplum?

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What is shuffle in Spark and why is it important to minimize it?

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How to view the execution plan of a query in Oracle? How does EXPLAIN PLAN differ from EXPLAIN ANALYZE?

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Tell about your experience using PL/SQL procedures in your work.

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What is broadcast join in Spark?

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Have you had experience optimizing Spark tasks? Can you give a specific example?

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Have you ever worked with Oracle packages?

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Have you worked with incremental and full loads? How did you deal with duplicates?

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How is a file from HDFS, for example Parquet, read — entirely or in blocks?

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What is the difference between RANK and DENSE_RANK?

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What is the advantage of columnar storage over row-based storage?

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What is Hive and how does it differ from traditional relational databases?

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Tell about partitioning in Oracle: why it is used and what types exist?

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