I look for signs of understanding. I want to see an understanding of git - they have repos with appropriate commits, good commit messages, awareness of licensi

I look for signs of understanding. I want to see an understanding of git - they have repos with appropriate commits, good commit messages, awareness of licensing, decent READMEs or info for collaborators I want to feel like they understand how open source works - they've filed or participated in issues/discussions, they've starred/forked repos, they've opened PRs, they've managed issues/PRs on their own repos. I want to see how they manage their projects/repos. Do they use a package manager? Do they have linting or build tools? Do they use CI? Have they kept the repo clean and ready for others? Do they use automated testing? I don't expect to see all of this - but if someone has none of it, it's clear they have a lot to learn and aren't ready for the job.