I do not ask to see candidates GitHub profiles, no.
Whenever you evaluate a candidate on any axis, you have to be very careful about whether or not you’re judging them on something related to work performance or not. In the case of GitHub profiles, you’re also evaluating someone based on whether or not they have the post-work time to contribute to open source work, which is unrelated to their ability to contribute during working hours.
I’ve hired enough amazing engineers who didn’t have time for open source contributions that I’ve decided that open source work is not a meaningful metric for evaluating a potential hire.
Also, my GitHub profile is not impressive; it would be deeply hypocritical for me to hold candidates to a standard I couldn’t meet.
Whenever you evaluate a candidate on any axis, you have to be very careful about whether or not you’re judging them on something related to work performance or not. In the case of GitHub profiles, you’re also evaluating someone based on whether or not they have the post-work time to contribute to open source work, which is unrelated to their ability to contribute during working hours.
I’ve hired enough amazing engineers who didn’t have time for open source contributions that I’ve decided that open source work is not a meaningful metric for evaluating a potential hire.
Also, my GitHub profile is not impressive; it would be deeply hypocritical for me to hold candidates to a standard I couldn’t meet.