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The document lists the 50 most commonly asked PySpark interview questions for 2024, organized into categories such as basics, transformations, data manipulation, aggregations, window functions, joins, performance optimization, data serialization, PySpark functions, and advanced concepts. Each section contains specific questions aimed at assessing knowledge and skills related to PySpark. This resource is intended to help candidates prepare for PySpark interviews effectively.

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The document lists the 50 most commonly asked PySpark interview questions for 2024, organized into categories such as basics, transformations, data manipulation, aggregations, window functions, joins, performance optimization, data serialization, PySpark functions, and advanced concepts. Each section contains specific questions aimed at assessing knowledge and skills related to PySpark. This resource is intended to help candidates prepare for PySpark interviews effectively.

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50 Most Commonly

Asked PySpark
Interview Questions
in 2024

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1. Basics of PySpark
1. What is PySpark, and how is it different from
Spark?
2. What are the main components of PySpark?
3. How do you create a DataFrame in PySpark?
4. Explain the role of the SparkSession.
5. How do you convert an RDD to a DataFrame?

2. Transformations and Actions


1. What is the difference between a transformation
and an action?
2. Explain the map and flatMap transformations with
examples.
3. How does filter() work in PySpark?
4. What is reduceByKey, and how is it different from
groupByKey?
5. What does union() do in PySpark?
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3. Data Manipulation
1. How do you handle missing or null values in
PySpark?
2. How do you drop duplicates in a PySpark
DataFrame?
3. How can you add a new column to a DataFrame?
4. Explain how to use withColumnRenamed.
5. How do you replace values in a DataFrame
column?

4. Aggregations
1. How do you use groupBy with aggregations in
PySpark?
2. What is countDistinct, and how is it used?
3. How can you calculate multiple aggregations on
the same DataFrame?
4. What is the difference between agg() and
groupBy()?
5. How can you use window functions in PySpark?

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5. Window Functions
1. Explain the difference between ROW_NUMBER,
RANK, and DENSE_RANK.
2. How do LEAD and LAG work in PySpark?
3. What is ROW BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
AND CURRENT ROW?
4. How do you define a partition in a window
function?
5. How can you apply multiple window functions on
the same DataFrame?

6. Joins
1. What are the different types of joins in PySpark?
2. How do you perform a broadcast join in PySpark?
3. What is the difference between a left join and an
inner join?
4. How do you optimize joins in PySpark?
5. Explain semi and anti joins in PySpark.

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7. Performance Optimization
1. What is the difference between cache and persist?
2. How do you repartition a DataFrame, and why is it
important?
3. Explain the use of coalesce in PySpark.
4. How does PySpark handle lazy evaluation?
5. What is the catalyst optimizer?

8. Data Serialization
and File Formats
1. What are the different file formats PySpark can
read and write?
2. How do you write a DataFrame to Parquet format?
3. How do you read and write data to S3 using
PySpark?
4. What is the difference between CSV and ORC file
formats?
5. How do you enable compression when writing files
in PySpark?

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9. PySpark Functions
1. How do you use when() and otherwise() for
conditional logic?
2. What is explode() in PySpark?
3. Explain the use of lit() in PySpark.
4. How does collect_list and collect_set work?
5. How do you use array and struct types in
PySpark?

10. Advanced PySpark Concepts


1. How do you write UDFs (User-Defined Functions)
in PySpark?
2. What are Pandas UDFs, and when should you use
them?
3. Explain how PySpark handles skewed data.
4. How do you handle data streaming with PySpark?
5. What are checkpointing and fault tolerance in
PySpark?

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