I went through the interview process for toptal and they seem to make an effort to screen for competent developers which is a plus. The job listings are general

I went through the interview process for toptal and they seem to make an effort to screen for competent developers which is a plus. The job listings are generally higher quality than what you find on sites like freelancer - they look reasonable and there aren't loads of "make me an app for $200" ads like you see on many other freelancing sites. Unfortunately the jobs skew towards web dev and there isn't much work for my skill set (game development, C++) and the hourly rates are quite low by North American standards so I haven't found any contracts I'm interested in taking on so far. I've had better luck seeking out freelancing work directly myself. There's no major downside in signing up with them that I've seen though - it gives you another channel to find work if you can't find anything on your own for a while.