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Azure Data Engineer Interview Q&A

Basic to Advanced Questions with Answers

Q: 1. What is Azure Databricks, and how does it differ from standard Databricks?

A: Azure Databricks is an Apache Spark-based analytics platform optimized for the Azure cloud. It integrates

with various Azure services like Azure Data Lake and Azure Synapse, providing a scalable environment for

big data and AI workloads. It differs from standard Databricks by being a first-party Microsoft service with tight

integration with other Azure tools.

Q: 2. Can you describe a real-world use case where you integrated Azure Databricks with Azure Data Lake?

A: One use case involves building a data pipeline to process large-scale IoT data. Azure Databricks is used

to perform ETL operations and advanced analytics on streaming data stored in Azure Data Lake, and the

results are then fed into Azure Synapse for reporting and business intelligence.

Q: 3. What is the difference between Azure SQL Database and SQL Data Warehouse?

A: Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service for general-purpose applications,

whereas SQL Data Warehouse (now part of Synapse) is optimized for large-scale analytical processing,

capable of handling massive amounts of data across distributed compute nodes.

Q: 4. How do you design a scalable data warehouse architecture on Azure to handle growing data volume?

A: A scalable data warehouse architecture involves using Synapse Analytics' dedicated SQL pools for

distributed query processing, integrating with Azure Data Lake for long-term storage, and leveraging Azure

Databricks for preprocessing and machine learning tasks. The architecture should also support auto-scaling

and data partitioning for performance optimization.

Q: 5. What are the differences between on-demand SQL pools and dedicated SQL pools in Synapse?

A: On-demand SQL pools allow you to query data in Azure Data Lake directly without the need for
pre-provisioned resources, making them ideal for ad-hoc queries. Dedicated SQL pools, on the other hand,

are provisioned and provide predictable performance for large-scale data warehousing workloads.

Q: 6. Describe how you would handle real-time streaming data in Azure Synapse Analytics.

A: To handle real-time streaming data, I would integrate Azure Synapse with Azure Stream Analytics or

Azure Event Hubs to process incoming data streams. Data would be ingested into Synapse pipelines for

real-time processing, transforming the data, and storing it in Azure Data Lake or Synapse for analysis.

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