[shubhamjain]

But if you have hundreds of initial applicants to sift through, the one having some open-source contributions would surely standout. Even considering that it won't affect your final say, reaching the interview stage is definitely advantageous. I don't agree that lack of Github commits would ever be a deal breaker in hiring, but having them does signal a positive factor provided that the projects and contributions are purposeful.

[flukus]

> But if you have hundreds of initial applicants to sift through, the one having some open-source contributions would surely standout.

If you have hundreds of candidates to sift through then you don't have enough time to look through their github history in enough detail to be worthwhile.