Google DeepMind Software Engineer interview experience

I had two coding rounds in a LeetCode-like format, and I used Codepad to write and execute the code during the session. After that, I moved into an ML-oriented system design discussion, then finished with a broader googliness-style round.

By the time I got to the later stages, the difficulty felt real but not chaotic—more like each round demanded depth in a different way. The whole thing was hard, but discussion was a big part of how the interview ran, not just reading prompts and submitting silent answers. I ended up getting rejected, and it left me with the sense that the case was broad