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 If you put it on your resume, they will ask about it. And if you
underwhelm, it will look worse than if you just acknowledged
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wouldn't have even bothered to list C if you really were great at A
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B. The 2 or 3 questions you answered right about A and B
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aren't going to reassure them enough. 
I've seen resumes with two separate sections for "proficiency"
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and "familiarity".
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that is not a bad idea.
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a lot of things" is fine. If the employer is looking for entry-level,

they will not expect you to have all that depth yet. So just being
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honest that you are a smart person that simply lacks experience
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 This great advice. I have a list at the end of my resume that
Getting an internship at 25?
has all the languages, frameworks, etc I know something
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about, but I break it out into Proficient, Experienced, Basic. It 
also helps you get past HR resume bots to list more things
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a wide array of items. Even at basic though,
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similarities/differences between that language/framework
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something down as basic, you should be able to do a
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