Considering how easy it is to fake commits with Git, Mercurial, and maybe others I wouldn't trust must of the information provided in a GitHub profile. You migh

Considering how easy it is to fake commits with Git, Mercurial, and maybe others I wouldn't trust must of the information provided in a GitHub profile. You might get a vague idea of the contributions to other projects and the preferences of the coder for coding standards, language, tooling, and silly things like that but don't expect anything serious, as other user commented: some of the best candidates work full time on their company's private repositories. I would also add the fact that some companies have clause in their contracts stating that all code written by the employee during his free time (aka. side projects) is to be owned by the company, I had this clause in my contracts and that is why my GitHub account only hosts experimental projects, nothing serious that I would want an employer to consider in order to offer a position in their company.