Hobbies that takes up a lot of time. Would it sound bad in an IB interview?

I’m interviewing with a couple of BB and been put through to the final round. So far neither has asked about my hobbies yet. I’m in big four so can enjoy the great flexibility the firm could offer (that comes with a lousy salary). I love backpacking and solo travelling and I’ve been able to travel around the world and take more than a month off at a time. I also play an instrument which takes a lot of practising.

Having said that, I do work and study for my qualification very hard, pretty much doing “IB hours”, in order to improve my knowledge and better myself in general really.

Should I play down how much time I spent on my hobbies? I don’t want them to think I’m not “focused” or can’t take long hours. Or am I overthinking this?

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