pelihu wrote:
I think it's an effective use of a line at the bottom of your resume. It will be a good conversation piece and believe me, your interview will go very smoothly if you can spend 1/2 of it talking about your hobbies. The ones you listed are pretty common, so they won't do much to distinguish you, but it will be likely that you will encounter people who are into the same things.
I concur with pelihu. Speaking from personal experience (at least on the job front), in 3/4 of my interviews for my current role, we spent a good proportion of the interview discussing my "interests." To be clear, the interests that I list on my ressy are 1) intentionally not mundane or common interests (e.g., cooking, traveling, camping - I'm not saying these aren't cool activities, but for resume purposes they are boring) and 2) are not my (most) favorite interests. The items that I include are purposely eyebrow raisers and attention grabbers intended to spark conversation. Listing items such as cooking or traveling are a waste of ink, in my opinion. However, if you say "visited 36 countries" or "back to back Santa Barbara chili cook-off winner 2006-2007" or something more colorful and engaging, those may work better.