How do people react when you mention you are involved as an alum

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I put my greek affiliation on my resume, but I can also add ", President" after it, which insures that it will mean at least something to even non-greeks. If I wasn't at least a VP (title infers significant leadership experience), I personally wouldn't list it unless the job had to do with planning social functions or something where the affiliation in general would be highly relevant.

I have been in two interviews where someone looked at my resume, mentioned it, and asked about my experience. In one interview, the interviewer was in a fraternity, in the other interview, the interviewer cooked in one of my GLO's sorority houses while in college. In the end, I got both jobs. Whether there is any correlation, I don't know. Both interviews were the kind that you leave from and think "I nailed it."

I think people like to hear about your interests and try to get an idea of who you are socially. Having a conversation about your greek experience in an interview, especially if the other person is greek, can be a powerful chit chat portion of the interview. You don't want an interview to be ALL business. This is an opportunity to talk about something lighter. That is why I put it on my resume, mainly.