It's been a while since I've applied for a new job, but when I was, they might have asked about OSS contributions, but I don't think they really cared. It was

It's been a while since I've applied for a new job, but when I was, they might have asked about OSS contributions, but I don't think they really cared. It was just a way to better judge my ability. Likewise, when we interview people, we ask if they have a github repo or other portfolio, but it's about their code, not about OSS. I don't care if it's private code or OSS, so long as I can use it to judge their skill level. And if they don't have anything like that, it's not a mark against them... It's just harder to be confident in their ability. We do a short test, but any test that actually tests their abilities would be too time-consuming (and thus expense) to give to more than a handful or candidates that we were already pretty sure of.