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Adaptive Query Execution (AQE)

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What is AQE (Adaptive Query Execution)?

Asked in Interview Round 1 or 2. Spark SQL and engine performance optimizations.

Design how you would explain AQE to a team running large Databricks SQL and Spark jobs, including when it helps, when it can hurt, and how you would validate it in production.