Poker winnings on resume

[chisness]

I've listed online poker as an interest in my resume (along with stuff like golf).

What do we think about putting an amount in parentheses to legitimize the interest -- something like won $X in 2006 or won $Y to date in 2007 or won $Z in summer 2007?

What if we do none of these and an interviewer asks "how did you do this year" or something along these lines? Do we answer with monetary figures?

what about if we just say "was summer job for summers A and B"?

I won't get into where to list it because that's been discussed forever and never really been resolved, but comments are welcome.

[Keyser.]

It's been discussed a lot on here. Generally it's a very bad idea.

edit: I guess I didn't answer your Q at all. Unless there's a serious gap in your resume I would just leave poker out altogether and say you were traveling or something.

[chisness]

The major gap I have is no internship experience at all. Also, these are all for finance jobs (mostly investment banking).

[Keyser.]

How good are you at poker? I know Jason Strasser brought up poker for investment jobs b/c he's been so successful, but if you're grinding 50nl it probably doesn't look as good.

[sigurrostyp]

i used poker to help me get an internship in nyc in the investment banking. It really is hit or miss it depends on who you are being interviewed by. It is a great conversation piece and it sets you apart from the crowd, but that doesn't necessarily mean it sets you apart in a good way.

[chisness]

Keyser - no big tourney scores but probably make around an IB salary w/ bonus

sig - how did you list it on your resume?

[Go_Blue88]

the problem is, even if you make a lot of money ppl still view it as gambling (which it is, but not in the sense they think of it as), and therefore, they think primarily luck contributed to your winnings.

even my dad used to be like "ugg, well don't lose it all," even after my discussions with him about how i minimize the luck involved by being way over-rolled for the limits i play.

[En Passant]

Putting interests on a resume is generally very stupid.

[chisness]

Really?

I remember Vault guides saying this is normal and don't think my career office objected to it.

[bxb]

On my application to a financial trading company how much I made that year. I already knew they were interested in poker players though, so obviously it helped.

In general it probably depends on what job you are applying for. Also, it's prolly not helpful to include if you couldn't make a decent living off it.