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Top 30 Apache Spark Interview Questions

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Apache Spark Theoretical Questions

Q1:   

What's the difference between Drivers and Executor processes in Apache Spark applications?

  
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Q2:   

Briefly compare Apache Spark vs Apache Hadoop

  
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Q3:   

What is Lazy Evaluation in Apache Spark?

  
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Q4:   

What is the difference between Caching and Persistence in Apache Spark?

  
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Q5:   

What types of data tables can you create in Apache Spark?

  
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Q6:   

What is Shuffling in Apache Spark, and when does it happen?

  
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Q7:   

What's the difference between RDD and DataFrame in Apache Spark?

  
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Q8:   

What's the difference between Map and flatMap() in Apache Spark?

  
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Q9:   

What types of transformations can you perform on a RDD in Apache Spark?

  
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Q10:   

When would you need to Cache a DataFrame in Apache Spark?

  
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Q11:   

What's the difference between Stateless vs Stateful operations in Apache Spark?

  
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Q12:   

What's the difference between DataSet vs DataFrame in Apache Spark?

  
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Q13:   

What types of Time Windows are available in Apache Spark?

  
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Q14:   

How can you deal with Spill in Apache Spark?

  
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Q15:   

What components of a Apache Spark application should you monitor?

  
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Q16:   

What is Data Skew, and how it affects the performance of Apache Spark jobs?

  
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Q17:   

What are the most common performance problems in Apache Spark?

  
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Q18:   

What factors affect Join operations in Apache Spark?

  
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Q19:   

How can you change the partitions of an RDD?

  
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Q20:   

What is the difference between a Transformation and an Action in Apache Spark?

  
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Q21:   

What types of Shared Variables exist in Apache Spark?

  
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Q22:   

How can you correct Data Skew in Spark?

  
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Q23:   

What factors affect Partitioning in Apache Spark?

  
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Q24:   

How to overcome Serialization issues in Apache Spark?

  
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Q25:   

Name some Join Strategies available in Apache Spark

  
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Q26:   

What happens when you run the Spark-Submit Command? What's the internal working of a Spark Application?

  
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Q27:   

What are the different types of application execution modes in Apache Spark?

  
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Q28:   

What are the phases of the Catalyst Optimizer in Apache Spark?

  
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Q29:   

When to use Broadcast Hash Join vs Shuffle Sort Merge Join in Apache Spark?

  
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Q30:   

How to define Structured Streaming Query in Apache Spark?

  
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