Here are specific interview questions related to AI, Java, Python, SQL, MySQL, MongoDB,
HTML/CSS, C, and C++ that you might be asked during your Power BI internship interview.
🔥 AI (Artificial Intelligence) Interview Questions
1. What is the difference between Machine Learning and Deep Learning?
Machine Learning involves algorithms that learn from data without explicit
programming, while Deep Learning is a subset of ML using neural networks to process
complex patterns.
2. What is the role of AI in data analysis and visualization?
AI helps in automating data cleaning, pattern recognition, predictive analytics, and
anomaly detection, making data visualization in tools like Power BI more insightful.
3. Can you explain the concept of Natural Language Processing (NLP)?
NLP is a field of AI that enables computers to understand, interpret, and generate human
language, commonly used in chatbots, sentiment analysis, and speech recognition.
4. What are the key differences between Supervised, Unsupervised, and
Reinforcement Learning?
o Supervised Learning: Uses labeled data (e.g., classification, regression).
o Unsupervised Learning: Works with unlabeled data (e.g., clustering, anomaly
detection).
o Reinforcement Learning: Uses rewards and punishments to train models (e.g.,
gaming AI, robotics).
5. How does an AI model detect anomalies in cybersecurity?
AI models use statistical methods and ML algorithms to identify unusual patterns in
network traffic, login attempts, or system behavior that might indicate cyber threats.
🔥 Java Interview Questions
6. What are the key features of Java?
Java is platform-independent, object-oriented, secure, multithreaded, and has automatic
memory management (Garbage Collection).
7. What is the difference between JDK, JRE, and JVM?
o JDK (Java Development Kit): Includes tools to compile and run Java programs.
o JRE (Java Runtime Environment): Provides libraries and runtime for executing
Java applications.
o JVM (Java Virtual Machine): Converts Java bytecode into machine code for
execution.
8. What is the difference between ‘==’ and .equals() in Java?
o == compares memory references.
o .equals() checks content equality.
9. What are constructors in Java?
Constructors initialize objects in Java and have the same name as the class. They do not
have a return type.
10. What is the difference between an interface and an abstract class?
An interface only contains method declarations (without implementations).
An abstract class can have both abstract (without body) and non-abstract (with body)
methods.
🔥 Python Interview Questions
11. What are the key features of Python?
Python is interpreted, dynamically typed, object-oriented, and widely used for AI, web
development, and data analysis.
12. What are Python’s data types?
Common data types include int, float, string, list, tuple, set, and dictionary.
13. What is the difference between a list and a tuple?
List: Mutable (can be modified).
Tuple: Immutable (cannot be changed).
14. What is a lambda function in Python?
A lambda function is an anonymous function defined using lambda keyword, useful for
short, single-expression functions.
15. What are Python decorators?
Decorators are functions that modify the behavior of other functions using
@decorator_name syntax.
🔥 SQL & MySQL Interview Questions
16. What is the difference between SQL and MySQL?
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard language for querying databases.
MySQL is a relational database management system that uses SQL.
17. What is a Primary Key and Foreign Key?
Primary Key: A unique identifier for a record in a table.
Foreign Key: A reference to a primary key in another table to establish relationships.
18. What is the difference between HAVING and WHERE clauses?
WHERE filters rows before aggregation.
HAVING filters grouped data after aggregation (e.g., SUM(), COUNT()).
19. What are indexes in MySQL?
Indexes speed up queries by allowing the database to find rows faster instead of scanning
the entire table.
20. What is the difference between JOIN and UNION?
JOIN combines columns from multiple tables based on a related column.
UNION combines rows from multiple queries into a single result set.
🔥 MongoDB (NoSQL) Interview Questions
21. What is the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases?
SQL databases use structured tables with predefined schemas.
NoSQL databases (like MongoDB) store unstructured or semi-structured data using key-
value pairs, documents, or graphs.
22. What is the difference between a document and a collection in MongoDB?
A document is a single record stored in BSON (binary JSON) format.
A collection is a group of documents (similar to a table in SQL).
23. How does indexing work in MongoDB?
Indexes improve query performance by creating an ordered list of values that MongoDB
can search faster.
24. How is data stored in MongoDB?
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents inside collections, making it flexible for
handling large and varied datasets.
25. What is an aggregation pipeline in MongoDB?
An aggregation pipeline processes data in stages (e.g., $match, $group, $sort) to
perform complex queries efficiently.
🔥 HTML & CSS Interview Questions
26. What is the difference between id and class in HTML?
id is unique and used to style a single element.
class can be assigned to multiple elements for reusable styling.
27. What are the different types of CSS?
Inline CSS (style="color:red;")
Internal CSS (<style> inside <head>)
External CSS (linked using <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">)
28. What is the difference between relative, absolute, and fixed positioning in CSS?
Relative: Positions relative to its normal position.
Absolute: Positions relative to its nearest positioned ancestor.
Fixed: Stays in the same position regardless of scrolling.
🔥 C Interview Questions
29. What are pointers in C?
Pointers store memory addresses of variables and are used for dynamic memory
management.
30. What is the difference between malloc() and calloc()?
malloc(size): Allocates memory but does not initialize values.
calloc(n, size): Allocates and initializes memory to zero.
31. What is the purpose of static variables in C?
They retain their value between function calls and are limited to their defined scope.
🔥 C++ Interview Questions
32. What are the key features of C++?
C++ supports object-oriented programming, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation,
and operator overloading.
33. What is the difference between function overloading and function overriding?
Overloading: Same function name, different parameters (compile-time polymorphism).
Overriding: Redefining a function in a derived class (runtime polymorphism).
34. What is the use of this pointer in C++?
It is used inside a class to refer to the calling object's instance.
35. What is the difference between new and malloc()?
new (C++): Calls the constructor, initializes objects, and returns a pointer.
malloc() (C): Allocates memory but does not initialize objects.
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