Genuine Interests on Resume (Without Coming Off the Wrong Way)

I want to put genuine interests down in my interests section but I don't want them to come off poorly.

I am a big live music/concert/music festival lover and love to see my favorite bands play. I'm not sure how to get this across on my resume. Would "Live Music Enthusiast" come off as pretentious? "Live Music Junkie" doesn't sound great either...

 
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I disagree - bankers I know have actually said that when they see so many similar resumes, often they will want to interview people with interesting hobbies/interests etc. I am currently training for my first half Ironman and that went on my 'Activities' section of the resume - when I was interviewing, talking about that took up a big chunk of all my interviews.

I would hesitate to put anything that could have negative connotations, so I might refrain from putting "live music enthusiast" (sounds a bit pretentious) or "music festival lover" or anything like that. However, I personally think that you could put something like "live music" on your resume in interests, or "music" or something.

 

You are what you are.

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I have dedicated my interests to one line under the skills & interests section. I know to avoid the generic stuff, just after having read so many posts on the interests section I have the impression that if you include it you run a pretty high risk of getting dinged.

also SouthernHopeful,

I am glad you also share an interest in maritime activities

 

I prefer that people leave off interests...I really don't care about their interests. Nobody has ever tilted an interview in their favor because of the interests section on their resume (with me).

 

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