Afaik (not a personaler, I'm a consultant mostly working backend-jobs): experience is important, personal website/git portfolio is not, at all. Recruiters are n

Afaik (not a personaler, I'm a consultant mostly working backend-jobs): experience is important, personal website/git portfolio is not, at all. Recruiters are not techies, they can't be arsed going through your github, and if they did, they wouldn't understand a thing. Once you get invited, you need to perform vis a vis; if you don't get invited, you didn't meet the criteria. The criteria vary by employer and position, but are mostly: * is your code good enough? * are you someone the team can work with? When you get declined, ask for specific feedback. What went wrong? What can you improve on? Etc.