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1) Merge overlapping Intervals (had done in 10 mints) 2) Spark questions like inferschema, mergeschema, how spark works, partitioning, small file problem. All questions I had answered accurately but they still rejected either I was too good for them. LOL
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Senior Data Engineer

Interviewed at Nykaa

3.3
Feb 15, 2024

1) Merge overlapping Intervals (had done in 10 mints) 2) Spark questions like inferschema, mergeschema, how spark works, partitioning, small file problem. All questions I had answered accurately but they still rejected either I was too good for them. LOL

Times X{open, close} , Y{open, close} rec_type, status, time x1, open, 930 x1, close 1030 x2, open, 1035 y1, open, 1040 y2, open, 1041 x2, close, 1100 x3, open, 1110 x3, close, 1115 y1, close, 1120 y2, close, 1121 |---x1, open, 930 |---x1, close 1030 |-----x2, open, 1035 | y1, open, 1040----| | y2, open, 1041 ---+---| |-----x2, close, 1100 | | |---x3, open, 1110 | | |---x3, close, 1115 | | y1, close, 1120---| | y2, close, 1121-------| Find the pairs of x-type and y-type where they have any time overlap between them.
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Senior Big Data Engineer

Interviewed at FINRA

3.8
Mar 19, 2020

Times X{open, close} , Y{open, close} rec_type, status, time x1, open, 930 x1, close 1030 x2, open, 1035 y1, open, 1040 y2, open, 1041 x2, close, 1100 x3, open, 1110 x3, close, 1115 y1, close, 1120 y2, close, 1121 |---x1, open, 930 |---x1, close 1030 |-----x2, open, 1035 | y1, open, 1040----| | y2, open, 1041 ---+---| |-----x2, close, 1100 | | |---x3, open, 1110 | | |---x3, close, 1115 | | y1, close, 1120---| | y2, close, 1121-------| Find the pairs of x-type and y-type where they have any time overlap between them.

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