I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google DeepMind (London, England)
Interview
Responded 2 months after submitting application online. First step was a HR screen, second was a 2hr quiz via Google Hangouts. Asked questions from CS, math, ML and statistics. Interviewers were research engineers, who obviously had much more experience with CS terminology, than is required for a comp neuro research scientist position. For some reason, they value an encyclopedic knowledge more than than potential and interest. Not really sure how having a textbook definition of terminology on your finger tips is more important than knowing the general concept, and showing an interest in learning more. So, if you want a job here make sure to memorize several textbooks before applying.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Wikipedia style definitions of Describe a linked list, what is a positive definite matrix, basic calculus, what is a random variable, describe backprop, describe RL, etc.
I applied online. I interviewed at Google DeepMind
Interview
There will be one coding round and one ML round, and each round will last one hour. The ML round mainly consists of oral questions about core machine learning concepts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The ML round mainly consists of oral questions about core machine learning concepts.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Google DeepMind (Mountain View, CA) in May 2026
Interview
The interview process was quite smooth. I had two research and two coding interviews. Research interviewers asked what I would like to do at GDM if I join. One of the research interviews was quite confrontational, but respectful. All the interviewers were kind.
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.
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Question 1
Straight in the interview I was asked a coding question leetcode style.
