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"The process was fairly easy and not very structured, with a mix of some product sense and behavioral interviews scattered throughout."

"I got into the process through a referral, but DeepMind recruiting was separate enough that I had to connect directly rather than just apply through the normal Google portal. The process started with a mostly informational recruiter conversation, then two 30-minute hiring manager intros that felt more like early team matching than screening. After that, I had a four-interview final loop, and despite the different titles, most of the rounds were really just AI product cases with some overlap, especially around how I would think about proactivity in Gemini. The weird part was how little the interview titles matched what actually happened, and even the recruiter admitted they were still figuring out a new recruiting system. My biggest takeaway is that this loop felt much less standardized than places like Meta, and they wanted me to go all the way to an actual proposed solution and walk through the UX, not just frame the problem well."

"I got in through an internal referral, and the recruiter step was so lightweight that it barely felt like a real screen. The process after that was pretty thorough: one conversation with a hiring manager about my background, then another where I got a vague fine-tuning strategy prompt and turned it into a deck, then separate product sense and execution rounds before a big final loop. The most memorable part was the range of angles they tested, including abstract product sense cases, execution, GTM, engineering partnerships, legal and ethics, and standard PM behavioral work. I actually thought it was a good experience because the interviewers were generally engaged, the conversations felt real, and they were pretty good about articulating what each round was trying to assess. Compared with some other AI-company loops, this one felt much more structured and systematic."

"The process was relatively straightforward. I don't think there were any questions there were misleading and everyone was nice and was professional."