I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google DeepMind
Interview
applied online, had an initial chat with HR, followed by a chat with the hiring manager, then 3 technical interviews: math, ml, and coding and CS. I wasn't invited afterward for research talks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The process is a total waste of time, and they don't make an effort to make the process better for you. The questions were very basic but required that you remember lots of broad topics. The coding task was easy. But overall my experience was bad and caused unnecessary stress. The interviewer was very argumentative, even if I was right, and would interrupt you mid-sentence without giving you a chance to answer. They were also arguing that I was not right about something, which I looked up afterward, and I was right. Not sure if that is intended to cause stress or just incompetency from their side. In the end, they decided not to proceed, even though I answered ~90% of the questions correctly. Overall, it was a very bad experience. I wouldn't recommend applying. The process is not worth it.
7 -9 rounds depending on candidate. The rounds involved 1-3 scientists taking test on leetcode style questions, AI fundamentals, Transformers, Finetuning, Training approach of large models like Gemini, Deepseek etc.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Straight in the interview I was asked a coding question leetcode style.
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Google DeepMind (London, England)
Interview
Overall, nine interviews with various people in different departments, was not told to prepare anything in advance. One was a specialist technique interview which afterwards I was told was to be the main purpose of the role but this was not on the job advert.
