𝗞𝗔𝗙𝗞𝗔 interview questions for Data Engineer 2024.

- Explain the role of a broker in a Kafka cluster.
- How do you scale a Kafka cluster horizontally?
- Describe the process of adding a new broker to an existing Kafka cluster.
- What is a Kafka topic, and how does it differ from a partition?
- How do you determine the optimal number of partitions for a topic?
- Describe a scenario where you might need to increase the number of partitions in a Kafka topic.
- How does a Kafka producer work, and what are some best practices for ensuring high throughput?
- Explain the role of a Kafka consumer and the concept of consumer groups.
- Describe a scenario where you need to ensure that messages are processed in order.
- What is an offset in Kafka, and why is it important?
- How can you manually commit offsets in a Kafka consumer?
- Explain how Kafka manages offsets for consumer groups.
- What is the purpose of having replicas in a Kafka cluster?
- Describe a scenario where a broker fails and how Kafka handles it with replicas.
- How do you configure the replication factor for a topic?
- What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous commits in Kafka?
- Provide a scenario where you would prefer using asynchronous commits.
- Explain the potential risks associated with asynchronous commits.
- How do you set up a Kafka cluster using Confluent Kafka?
- Describe the steps to configure Confluent Control Center for monitoring a Kafka cluster.

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