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Pyspark Interview Questions

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1. Can you explain the differences between a DataFrame and an RDD in PySpark?

2. What techniques would you use to optimize the performance of PySpark code?
3. How does the Catalyst Optimizer contribute to query execution in PySpark?
4. Which serialization formats are commonly used in PySpark, and why?
5. How do you address skewed data issues in PySpark?
6. Could you describe how memory management is handled in PySpark?
7. What are the different types of joins in PySpark, and how do you implement them?
8. What is the purpose of the `broadcast()` function in PySpark, and when should it
be used?
9. How do you define and use User-Defined Functions (UDFs) in PySpark?
10. What is lazy evaluation in PySpark, and how does it affect job execution?
11. What are the steps to create a DataFrame in PySpark?
12. Could you explain the concept of Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDD) in
PySpark?
13. What are actions and transformations in PySpark, and how do they differ?
14. How do you manage and handle null values in PySpark DataFrames?
15. What is a partition in PySpark, and how do you control partitioning for better
performance?
16. Can you explain the difference between narrow and wide transformations in
PySpark?
17. How does PySpark infer schemas, and what are the implications of this?
18. What role does SparkContext play in a PySpark application?
19. How do you perform aggregations in PySpark, and what are the key
considerations?
20. What strategies do you use for caching data in PySpark to improve performance?

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