For my current job, in the interview I mentioned my love of StarCraft 2. My interviewers loved it. (It was a web programming job.)
If I were an employer, I'd give you major points for being good at StarCraft 2. It's a tough game. To do well, you need a fast, strategy-oriented mind, and you need to be dedicated. Being good at StarCraft shows that you're passionate about difficult problems and that you're smart and fast enough to solve them well.
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For my current job, in the interview I mentioned my love of StarCraft 2. My interviewers loved it. (It was a web programming job.)
If I were an employer, I'd give you major points for being good at StarCraft 2. It's a tough game. To do well, you need a fast, strategy-oriented mind, and you need to be dedicated. Being good at StarCraft shows that you're passionate about difficult problems and that you're smart and fast enough to solve them well.
Those are good skills for a programmer, IMO.