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ETL Tester Interview Preparation Guide

The document provides links and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help prepare for an interview for an ETL tester position. It includes topics like manual testing with ETL, validating target data in ETL, ETL concepts like transformations and lookups, SQL fundamentals and scenarios, and basic Unix commands. Links are provided to resources explaining concepts like data validation in Informatica, slowly changing dimensions, star and snowflake schemas, SQL joins and queries, and Unix directories and file commands. Sample interview questions cover areas such as performance tuning, duplicate data validation, highest second salaries, joins, subqueries, and directory navigation.

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ETL Tester Interview Preparation Guide

The document provides links and frequently asked questions (FAQs) to help prepare for an interview for an ETL tester position. It includes topics like manual testing with ETL, validating target data in ETL, ETL concepts like transformations and lookups, SQL fundamentals and scenarios, and basic Unix commands. Links are provided to resources explaining concepts like data validation in Informatica, slowly changing dimensions, star and snowflake schemas, SQL joins and queries, and Unix directories and file commands. Sample interview questions cover areas such as performance tuning, duplicate data validation, highest second salaries, joins, subqueries, and directory navigation.

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Hope you are doing good!!!

For interview with IMS Health, we are sharing to you some links and few FAQs to prepare
for ETL tester position.
Manual Testing With ETL:

FAQs:
Test Plan contains
Bug lifecycle
Regression Testing
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/51e7af/basic-interview-questions-for-manual-testing/
http://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/software-manual-testing-interview-questions.40153/

How to Validate target data in ETL?


http://www.tutorialspoint.com/etl_testing/etl_testing_scenarios.htm
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E41507_01/epm91pbr3/eng/epm/penw/concept_UnderstandingDataV
alidationAndErrorHandlingInTheETLProcess.html

Which type of data table will load first in DWH Fact or Dimension tables?

STM (Source & Target Mapping) documents in ETL Testing


http://blog.dintechno.com/2012/12/what-is-etl-mapping-document-real-time.html

More on ETL Testing


http://www.tutorialspoint.com/etl_testing/etl_testing_interview_questions.htm
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/etl_testing/etl_testing_quick_guide.htm

Informatica:

FAQs:
Infomatica: Data Validation
Where you find the log file in Informatica
How to find the exact error in Informatica workflow

Data Validation in Informatica


http://nelrickrodrigues-informatica.blogspot.in/2014/03/informatica-powercenter-data-
validation.html

ETL Concepts:

FAQs:
Scenario based questions on Performance tuning
What are the transformation
What is lookup transformation

Please explain ETL process


http://datawarehouse4u.info/ETL-process.html
OLTP vs. OLAP
http://datawarehouse4u.info/OLTP-vs-OLAP.html

What is SCD (Slowly Changing Dimensions):


http://www.folkstalk.com/2012/03/slowly-changing-dimensions-scd-types.html
http://datawarehouse4u.info/SCD-Slowly-Changing-Dimensions.html

Start Schema/Snowflake Schema:


http://www.diffen.com/difference/Snowflake_Schema_vs_Star_Schema

SQL :: Fundamentals:

http://theprofessionalspoint.blogspot.in/2012/05/decode-function-vs-case-statement-in.html
http://oracle-sqlserver.over-blog.com/oracle-pl-sql-interview-questions-for-3-years-
experience.html
http://sql-plsql.blogspot.in/2009/04/sql-interview-questions.html

FAQs:
Queries: Duplicate, Joins, Sub-queries
What are the types of Joins
Write a query for left outer join
How would you validate duplicate data in SQL
Highest second salary of the employee.

SQL :: Scenario based:


http://www.folkstalk.com/2011/12/sql-queries-interview-questions-oracle_30.html
http://www.folkstalk.com/2011/10/oracle-scenario-based-questions-with.html
http://www.folkstalk.com/2012/01/analytical-functions-interview.html

Unix :: Basic Commands

http://www.folkstalk.com/p/unix-commands-list.html
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-directories.htm

FAQs:
Create a file and how to search file using
How to transfer files, move, copy file.
How will you compare the files with different format.
How you make the directory in Unix.
How to remove the lines and delete the files in Unix.
How to Read the files.
How to find length of the line of the file
Delete the line of file
Replace the line of the file
How to extract the file from the directory
Rename the file in directory
How to find length of the line of the file
Delete the line of file
Replace the line of the file
How to extract the file from the directory
Rename the file in directory

Agile Methodologies :: Concepts

Agile Methodologies What is story Points.


http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/agile-scrum-methodology-for-development-and-testing/

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