Google DeepMind Software Engineer interview experience

Then I moved into live coding rounds that were very specific and concrete: one involved generating random numbers, and the next tested grid traversal. Both were timed and felt like they were measuring whether I could turn a prompt into correct logic without overthinking it.

After the coding, the process shifted toward a more behavioral-style round, which was structured around how I thought and explained my experience. I didn’t make it to an offer, but the flow of the questions felt coherent, and the coding rounds were clear enough that it was obvious what I needed to produce—even if the