Your GitHub profile could be viewed as part of the selection process when applying for placements, apprenticeships, or graduate roles. This activity walks you through six professional standards every developer should meet — and tells you exactly how you measure up.
Skip to the Audit Tool →When you apply for a placement, apprenticeship, or graduate role in the tech industry, a hiring manager could look at your GitHub profile as part of the selection process. It gives them a direct view of what you actually build, how consistently you work, and whether you take your craft seriously.
A blank profile, a default avatar, and repositories with no descriptions send a clear message — and not a good one. A well-maintained profile, on the other hand, sets you apart before you have even spoken to anyone.
This activity gives you a structured checklist to audit your own profile honestly, identify where you fall short, and take action before it matters.
Work through each of these six areas when you run the audit. Open your GitHub profile in a separate tab and check it against each point honestly.
Enter a GitHub username below to open their profile in a new tab. Use this to view your own profile as others see it, or to review a classmate's profile as part of the peer-review task.
torvalds will open github.com/torvalds in a new tab.
Open your GitHub profile in one tab and the audit tool in another. Work through each question honestly — the result is only useful if you are truthful with yourself.
Start the Profile Audit →