How much knowledge of a skill to list it on a resume?

[duragezic]

I'm not sure where I've heard it from, but I've heard it several places, including reading it on here, and that is only list skills on your resume that you are actually skilled with. If you list such a skill, you should be able to answer a question about it. So while polishing my resume, I took off Matlab and Labview, since I have only used them in 2-3 lab courses, and it has been a while.

I mentioned this to a friend who graduated, got a job, and now is one of the recruiters at the career fair. He said that he would definitely put those on (he was in the same 2-3 labs as I was), since during an interview for the place he got hired at, they asked "Oh so you've used Matlab?" and he just basically said "yeah I had a few labs where I used it in".

So I can't decide... it could go either way. I wouldn't really consider myself skilled enough with Matlab or Labview, but I know that one of the companies that I intend to talk to has positions that utilize both, so I was thinking, if they were scanning my resume and seen no Matlab or Labview mention, I'd be much less likely to get an interview. I mean I could explain something very basic about either program, but certainly nothing past that. What do you all think?

 

[Rastus]

List everything, then start trimming the minor ones until it's the perfect size. On a resume, the presentation counts as much as the content after the basic qualifications have been put forth.

 

[RossMAN]

I could write a thesis on how to get blacklisted from Staples for redeeming $500 off $500 coupons.

 

[TheChort]

if you're not going to be able to answer questions confidently about it during the interview, then don't put it

you don't have to be super skilled about it, but you do have to be confident about what you do AND what you don't know

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: TheChort
if you're not going to be able to answer questions confidently about it during the interview, then don't put it

you don't have to be super skilled about it, but you do have to be confident about what you do AND what you don't know

that sums it up

 

[duragezic]

Hmm.. well it is likely that any interviews I get will be later today or later this week... so assuming I left both of those on there, I'd have an hour or so to read up on both to refresh my memory and be able to answer basic questions about them.