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 Job interview checklist:

- Pick out proper clothes.

- Research the company.
- Speak to past and present
employees.
- Run through questions
you may be asked.
- Practice with a friend or
family member.

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Tell me about yourself?

This is probably the most asked

question in datastage interview. It
breaks the ice and gets you to talk
about something you should be fairly
comfortable with. Have something
prepared that doesn't sound rehearsed.
It's not about you telling your life
story and quite frankly, the interviewer
just isn't interested. Unless asked to do
so, stick to your education, career and
current situation. Work through it
chronologically from the furthest back
to the present.

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Define Data Stage?

A data stage is basically a tool

that is used to design, develop
and execute various applications
to fill multiple tables in data
warehouse or data marts. It is a
program for Windows servers
that extracts data from databases
and change them into data
warehouses. It has become an
essential part of IBM
WebSphere Data Integration
suite.

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What Can You Do for Us That Other Candidates Can't?
What makes you unique?
This will take an
assessment of your
experiences, skills and
traits. Summarize
concisely: "I have a unique
combination of strong
technical skills, and the
ability to build strong
customer relationships.
This allows me to use my
knowledge and break down
information to be more
user-friendly."

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Differentiate between datastage and informatica?
Datastage
In datastage, there is a concept of
partition, parallelism for node
configuration. While, there is no
concept of partition and
parallelism in informatica for
node configuration. Also,
Informatica is more scalable than
Datastage. Datastage is more
user-friendly as compared to
Informatica.

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What steps should be taken to improve Datastage jobs?
In order to improve
performance of Datastage
jobs, we have to first establish
the baselines. Secondly, we
should not use only one flow
for performance testing.
Thirdly, we should work in
increment. Then, we should
evaluate data skews. Then we
should isolate and solve the
problems, one by one. After
that, we should distribute the
file systems to remove
bottlenecks, if any. Also, we
should not include RDBMS in
start of testing phase. Last but

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 not the least, we should
understand and assess the
available tuning knobs.

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What is a merge?Differentiate between Join, Merge and
Lookup stage?
Merge is a stage that is available
in both parallel and server jobs.
The merge stage is used to join
two tables(server/parallel) or two
tables/datasets(parallel).
Merge requires that the master
table/dataset and the update
table/dataset to be sorted.
Merge is performed on a key
field, and the key field is
mandatory in the master and
update dataset/table.

All the three concepts are

different from each other in the

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 way they use the memory storage,
compare input requirements and
how they treat various records.
Join and Merge needs less
memory as compared to the
Lookup stage.

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Differentiate between Symmetric Multiprocessing and
Massive Parallel Processing?
In Symmetric Multiprocessing,
the hardware resources are
shared by processor. The
processor has one operating
system and it communicates
through shared memory. While
in Massive Parallel processing,
the processor access the
hardware resources exclusively.
This type of processing is also
known as Shared Nothing,
since nothing is shared in this.
It is faster than the Symmetric
Multiprocessing.

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Whats difference betweeen operational data stage (ODS)
and data warehouse?
A dataware house is a decision
support database for
organisational needs.It is subject
oriented,non volatile,integrated
,time varient collect of data.
ODS(Operational Data Source) is
a integrated collection of related
information . it contains
maximum 90 days information.
ODS is nothing but operational
data store is the part of
transactional database. this db
keeps integrated data from
different tdb and allow common

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 operations across organisation.
eg: banking transaction.
In simple terms ODS is dynamic
data.

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How the IPC Stage work?
If we used the IPC Stage
between source and target .One
process will handling the
communication from sequential
file stage to IPC stage, and other
will handling communication
from IPC stage to ODBC stage.
As soon as the Sequential File
stage has opened its output link,
the IPC stage can start passing
data to the ODBC stage.

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What is DataStage?
Design jobs for Extraction,
Transformation and
Loading(ETL).
Ideal tool data integration projects
such as data warehouses, data
marts and system migrations.
Import,export,create and managed
metadata for use within jobs.
Schedule, run and monitor jobs all
within DataStage
Adminsters your Datastage
development and execution
environments.

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How many types of hash files are there?
There are two types of hash files in
DataStage i.e. Static Hash File and
Dynamic Hash File. The static hash
file is used when limited amount of
data is to be loaded in the target
database. The dynamic hash file is
used when we dont know the
amount of data from the source file.

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Differentiate between Hash file and Sequential file?

The only difference between

the Hash file and Sequential
file is that the Hash file
saves data on hash
algorithm and on a hash key
value, while sequential file
doesnt have any key value
to save the data. Basis on
this hash key feature,
searching in Hash file is
faster than in sequential file.

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Define OConv () and IConv () functions in Datastage?

In Datastage, OConv () and IConv()

functions are used to convert formats
from one format to another i.e.
conversions of roman numbers, time,
date, radix, numeral ASCII etc.
IConv () is basically used to convert
formats for system to understand.
While, OConv () is used to convert
formats for users to understand.

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Name the different types of Lookups in Datastage?
There are two types of Lookups in
Datastage i.e. Normal lkp and Sparse
lkp. In Normal lkp, the data is saved
in the memory first and then the
lookup is performed. In Sparse lkp,
the data is directly saved in the
database. Therefore, the Sparse lkp is
faster than the Normal lkp.

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Define Routines and their types?
Routines are basically collection
of functions that is defined by
DS manager. It can be called via
transformer stage. There are
three types of routines such as,
parallel routines, main frame
routines and server routines.

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What is the difference between Server Job and Parallel
Jobs?
Server Jobs works in sequential
way while parallel jobs work in
parallel fashion (Parallel
Extender work on the principal
of pipeline and partition) for
Inpur/Output processing

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Why do we use Link Partitioner and Link Collector in
Datastage?
In Datastage, Link Partitioner is
used to divide data into different
parts through certain partitioning
methods. Link Collector is used
to gather data from various
partitions/segments to a single
data and save it in the target
table.

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 How rejected rows are managed in Datastage?
In the Datastage, the rejected
rows are managed through
constraints in transformer. We
can either place the rejected rows
in the properties of a transformer
or we can create a temporary
storage for rejected rows with the
help of REJECTED command

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Differentiate between validated and Compiled in the
Datastage?
In Datastage, validating a job
means, executing a job. While
validating, the Datastage engine
verifies whether all the required
properties are provided or not. In
other case, while compiling a
job, the Datastage engine verifies
that whether all the given
properties are valid or not.

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What are Sequencers?
A sequencer allows you to
synchronize the control flow of
multiple activities in a job
sequence. It can have multiple
input triggers as well as multiple
output triggers.

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Top 6 tips for job
interview

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Tip 1: Do your homework
You'll likely be asked difficult questions during the interview.
Preparing the list of likely questions in advance will help you easily
transition from question to question.

Spend time researching the company. Look at its site to understand

its mission statement, product offerings, and management team. A
few hours spent researching before your interview can impress the
hiring manager greatly. Read the company's annual report (often
posted on the site), review the employee's LinkedIn profiles, and
search the company on Google News, to see if they've been

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mentioned in the media lately. The more you know about a
company, the more you'll know how you'll fit in to it.

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Tip 2: First impressions

When meeting someone for the first time, we instantaneously make
our minds about various aspects of their personality.
Prepare and plan that first impression long before you walk in the
door. Continue that excellent impression in the days following, and
that job could be yours.
Therefore:

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 Never arrive late.
Use positive body language and turn on your charm right from
the start.
Switch off your mobile before you step into the room.
Look fabulous; dress sharp and make sure you look your best.
Start the interview with a handshake; give a nice firm press and
then some up and down movement.
Determine to establish a rapport with the interviewer right from
the start.
Always let the interviewer finish speaking before giving your
response.
Express yourself fluently with clarity and precision.

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Tip 3: The Hidden Job Market

Many of us dont recognize that hidden job market is a huge one
and accounts for 2/3 of total job demand from enterprises. This
means that if you know how to exploit a hidden job market, you can
increase your chance of getting the job up to 300%.

In this section, the author shares his experience and useful tips to
exploit hidden job market.

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Here are some sources to get penetrating into a hidden job market:
Friends; Family; Ex-coworkers; Referral; HR communities; Field
communities; Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter; Last
recruitment ads from recruiters; HR emails of potential recruiters

Tip 4: Do-It-Yourself Interviewing Practice

There are a number of ways to prepare for an interview at home
without the help of a professional career counselor or coach or a
fee-based service.

You can practice interviews all by yourself or recruit friends and

family to assist you.

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Tip 5: Ask questions

Do not leave the interview without ensuring that you know all that
you want to know about the position. Once the interview is over,
your chance to have important questions answered has ended.
Asking questions also can show that you are interested in the job.
Be specific with your questions. Ask about the company and the
industry. Avoid asking personal questions of the interviewer and
avoid asking questions pertaining to politics, religion and the like.

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Tip 6: Follow up and send a thank-you note

Following up after an interview can help you make a lasting
impression and set you apart from the crowd.
Philip Farina, CPP, a security career expert at Manta Security
Management Recruiters, says: "Send both an email as well as a
hard-copy thank-you note, expressing excitement, qualifications
and further interest in the position. Invite the hiring manager to

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contact you for additional information. This is also an excellent
time to send a strategic follow-up letter of interest."

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