Apache Hive Interview Questions
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When you are dealing with static data instead of dynamic data?

440

What is Hive Database?

416

Is it possible to overwrite Hadoop MapReduce configuration in Hive?

444

Is it possible to use same metastore by multiple users, in case of embedded hive?

398

When executing Hive queries in different directories, why is metastore_db created in all places from where Hive is launched?

536

What is the functionality of Query Processor in Apache Hive?

437

What is the difference between Hive CLI and Beeline?

438

What kind of data warehouse application is suitable for Hive? What are the types of tables in Hive?

459

Give examples of the SerDe classes whihc hive uses to Serializa and Deserilize data?

435

How can you prevent a large job from running for a long time? What do u think is more popular among the developers - Pig or Hive?

407

Differentiate between describe and describe extended?

411

What is sample Query in Hive?

414

What is bag?

416

What are the different Data Types available in Hive?

431

Wherever (Different Directory) I run hive query, it creates new metastore_db, please explain the reason for it?

411


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Mention what is the difference between Hbase and Hive?

417


How do you write your own SerDe?

452


What is the work of hive/hcatalog?

444


What is the difference between Internal Table and External Table in Hive?

409


What are the Binary Storage formats supported in Hive?

423






I want to see the present working directory in UNIX from hive. Is it possible to run this command from hive?

392


What is the difference between local and remote metastore?

768


How Hive organize the data?

436


How hive can improve performance with orc format tables?

411


What is “serde” in “hive”?

395


How to managed create a table in hive ?

408


How do you specify the table creator name when creating a table in hive?

414


What is the default maximum dynamic partition that can be created by a mapper reducer? How can you change it?

453


What is the functionality of Query Processor in Apache Hive?

437


When you point a partition of a hive table to a new directory, what happens to the data?

464