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Optimize Slow SQL with Joins

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SQL & Data ManipulationPerformance TuningJoinsdistributed systems
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Meta Platforms
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Explain how you would optimize a slow-running SQL query that involves multiple heavy joins on distributed databases at Meta Platforms.

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