Data Modeling Interview Questions:

General Questions:

» Have you exported objects from the data model to different database? What is the use of it?

» What is aggregated data and why do you need aggregated data?

» What is the role of a logical data modeler and physical data modeler?

» How do you gather requirements for creating data model?

» What is the naming convention you follow?

» What are the different notations that can be used?

» What is cardinality?

» What is identifying and non identifying relationship?

» Why do you need phrases in a data model?

» Have you generated reports for data models? Why do you need reports from data model?

» How you will recover if data modeling file is corrupted?

» What is Meta data? What kind of Meta data do you capture in a data model?

» Explain a difficult situation in data modeling and how did you resolve it?

Logical Data Modeling Questions:

» What is logical data modeling?

» What is conceptual data modeling? Why do you need that?

» What is enterprise data modeling? Why do you need that?

» What is relational data modeling? When you will use relational data modeling?

» When you will go for relational data modeling?

» What is OLTP?

» What is OLAP data modeling?

» What is dimensional data modeling?

» What is a dimension?

» What is a slowly changing dimension? What are the types of slowly changing dimension? Which one you

will use it?

» What is super type and sub type? Where you will use in logical or physical data model? If you generate

the super type and sub type structure it in a database, what are the consequences?

» What is Star Schema? When you use Star Schema?

» What is Snow Flake? When you will use Snow Flake Schema?

» What is the difference between Snow Flake and Star Schema?

» Can you compare logical data model with data base? How?
» How you will find out the difference between the logical data models created previous month and

current month?

» What is Data Ware House?

» What is Data Mart?

» What is the difference between data ware house and data mart?

Physical Data Modeling Questions:

» What is physical data modeling?

» What is the difference between logical and physical data modeling?

» Can you compare physical data model with data base? How?

» How version controlling is done in a data model?