[krageon]

> He needs to create a github site with samples of his work

IME no company you will ever interview at will care about this.

[MathMonkeyMan]

Every interviewer I've ever shadowed on the hiring side has done zero prep, zero resume/portfolio reading, etc.

People don't read emails, so they sure as hell don't grok portfolios.

I put time into preparing an interview for a candidate, but I doubt it matters. My recommendation is always "proceed" unless they're a total wreck.

[dyingkneepad]

I am an engineer who often interviews other engineers for my own team. I look at portfolios. I look at github profiles. I try to find if they have open source contributions, and if they do I read their commit messages and patches.