I saw a company that basically run like Gitlab in a sense that they're code is open source and any oninge can contribute,<p>So this company opened a job offering that I want to get, I know there are +200 developers that applied for the job.<p>Will contributing <i></i>heavily<i></i> to their project for 1 month, help land me a job there?<p>Do you have any advice on how I can increase my chances of getting the team's attention or get noticed by who's responsible there?
In the general circumstance, when I'm hiring, I like to understand candidates' skills and experience. Looking at their contributions to open source I can see how they code, how they behave in code reviews, how they behave in email discussions, etc -- all directly relevant to what I'd be hiring them to do.<p>So ... yes, having a history of open source contributions can demonstrate your abilities, which can help get you hired.<p>In this specific instance, I suspect it's too late. If the position is already advertised, and there's already 200 applicants ... I don't think contributions <i>now</i> are going to help much.
Completely depends on the job and the interviewers.<p>For me personally, it is a big plus.<p>Aside from the obvious reasons:<p>* I can see candidates code quality<p><pre><code> * I don't penalize for sloppy code, but looks for examples of solid code / architecture / technical aptitude / comments
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I've had interviews where the candidate froze up and so I couldn't get enough data points, but I was able to use commits or blog posts from their open source history to augment by evaluation.<p>I also double-check for copy/pasta to avoid giving them credit for code that is actually just a fork of another codebase.