Cisco Kafka interview questions for Data Engineers 2024.

➤ How do you create a topic in Kafka using the Confluent CLI?
➤ Explain the role of the Schema Registry in Kafka.
➤ How do you register a new schema in the Schema Registry?
➤ What is the importance of key-value messages in Kafka?
➤ Describe a scenario where using a random key for messages is beneficial.
➤ Provide an example where using a constant key for messages is necessary.
➤ Write a simple Kafka producer code that sends JSON messages to a topic.
➤ How do you serialize a custom object before sending it to a Kafka topic?
➤ Describe how you can handle serialization errors in Kafka producers.
➤ Write a Kafka consumer code that reads messages from a topic and deserializes them from JSON.
➤ How do you handle deserialization errors in Kafka consumers?
➤ Explain the process of deserializing messages into custom objects.
➤ What is a consumer group in Kafka, and why is it important?
➤ Describe a scenario where multiple consumer groups are used for a single topic.
➤ How does Kafka ensure load balancing among consumers in a group?
➤ How do you send JSON data to a Kafka topic and ensure it is properly serialized?
➤ Describe the process of consuming JSON data from a Kafka topic and converting it to a usable format.
➤ Explain how you can work with CSV data in Kafka, including serialization and deserialization.
➤ Write a Kafka producer code snippet that sends CSV data to a topic.
➤ Write a Kafka consumer code snippet that reads and processes CSV data from a topic.

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