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Query Optimization

Interview Questions

  1. How do you approach optimizing a slow SQL query?
  2. Why can SELECT * be problematic?
  3. How can functions on columns affect index usage?
  4. How do you optimize a slow JOIN?
  5. How can ORDER BY make a query slow?
  6. How can you optimize large aggregations?
  7. When would you replace a subquery with a JOIN?
  8. What is the N+1 query problem?
  9. How do you optimize a query with millions of rows?
  10. Give an example of how you reduced query execution time.
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