The job I'm at currently, the CTO skipped standard technical interviewing and went right to culture fit. He said explicitly that was because he had seen me giv

The job I'm at currently, the CTO skipped standard technical interviewing and went right to culture fit. He said explicitly that was because he had seen me giving a technical talk and read through my Github. Some of that may depend on company size, but in my experience (mostly small startups) it has been a huge benefit.