Interview Questions
Interview Questions
1. Suppose you have a sales data for multiple months, how you will find the variance between two
columns?
2. Can you mention a scenario where you we can use an overlapping bar graph to achieve that
scenario?
3. How can we show the current date and time in tableau?
4. How can we find the current year in tableau?
5. Suppose you have a data set where you have many empty data cells, can you explain me how we
can fill those cells with data?
6. Can you explain me how we can populate the missing month in particular data set?
7. Explain the concept of Dual Axis with an example.
8. Explain the concept of empty extract in tableau and how we achieve it?
9. What are the different types of join that we can use in Tableau?
10. Can you help me to understand the various filters we can use in Tableau?
11. Can you say about the show me option in Tableau?
12. What is the best practice we can follow to optimise the dashboard performance in Tableau?
13. Explain the two connection types in tableau desktop and the difference between them?
14. What is the use of extract filters?
15. What is a minimum table reference?
16. How to implement drilldown in tableau?
17. Explain Calculated column and how it effects the data set?
18. Can you tell me the latest Tableau Version released?
19. Explain LOD and its types?
20. How is Parameter different from filters?
21. Difference between Slicer ,Parameter & Filter in Tableau?
22. Can tableau store huge amounts of data in-memory engine?How to handle huge volume of data in
Tableau?
23. How to create Tableau Parameters, where to use and how to use Tableau parameters?
24. What is performance recording in Tableau Server? How to implement performance recording in
Tableau Server?
25. Discuss Difference between 'Data Blending' and 'Data Joining'?
26. Explain Tableau Architecture
27. Types of Data Connections, LIVE vs EXTRACT (IN-MEMORY)
28. Types of Filters Quick, Global, Context, At Source, On Dimensions and Measures
29. What is Tableau Server? Discuss its components.
30. How to create a .tde file in Tableau?
31. What are user functions in Tableau?
32. What is the difference between Tableau Workbook and Tableau Packaged Workbook?
33. What are the different types of functions generally used in Tableau?
34. What do you understand by Data Extracts in Tableau?
35. What are the different field operations we can perform in Tableau?
36. What is Quick Sorting in Tableau?
37. What is Tableau Show Me?
38. What is a Tableau worksheet?
39. In what ways can you connect to a data source in Tableau?
40. What is the maximum number of tables you can join in Tableau?
41. What are shelves in Tableau?
42. What do you understand by groups and sets in Tableau?
43. What are hierarchical fields in Tableau?
44. List out Tableau File Extensions.
45. Define Heat Map?
46. Define Tree Map?
47. What is the difference between heat map and tree map?
48. Define Page Shelf in Tableau?
49. Define story in Tableau?
50. Give an overview for fact and dimension of the table?
51. State some ways to improve the performance of Tableau
52. What are different Joins in Tableau?
53. Define dual axis?
54. Define blended axis?
55. Define shelves and sets?
56. Explain the limitation of context filters in Tableau?
57. What is Mark Card in Tableau?
58. Define published data source?
59. Define Gantt chart?
60. What is Tableau Reader?
61. How to download Tableau Public?
62. What is Context Filter and show the steps on how to create the Context Filter Tableau?
63. Explain the disaggregation and aggregation of data in Tableau?
64. State the components of the dashboard?
65. Differentiate discrete and continuous data roles in Tableau?
66. Define performance testing in terms of Tableau
67. How to create a calculated field in Tableau?
68. Are there any limitations of parameters in Tableau? If yes, give details.
69. Can we see SQL generated by Tableau Desktop?
70. Can we remove the All options from a Tableau auto filter?
71. How to add custom colour to Tableau?
72. How can we display top and bottom 5 of records in a single Tableau view?
73. Do we have any way to handle null values in Tableau?
74. Do we have any data limitation in Tableau Public?
75. Can we use unused columns (Columns which are not used in reports but data source has columns)
in Tableau Filters?
76. How do we do testing in Tableau?
77. Design a view in a map such that if user selects any state the cities under that state have to show
profit and sales.
78. If I delete a workbook from tableau public and there are links to other blogs and other web
locations. What happens to them?
79. Mention whether you can create relational joins in Tableau without creating a new table?
80. When publishing workbooks on Tableau online, sometimes an error about needing to extract
appears. Why does it happen occasionally?
81. How to use group in calculations field?