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If I see more than a few things listed, I assume the applicant is just writing down anything they've ever touched. Unless they make up for it with something really cool in their work history or various online profiles (I stalk quite a bit), it's pretty much an autofail.

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I believe your assumption is correct. I have interviewed over 100 candidates and have generally found that people who list a lot of things often do not know them well.

Unfortunately, CV's talk about skills and experience people have, while the person I want to hire is someone with higher intelligence and solid foundation who can pick up new things fast. I have not observed any correlation (positive or negative) between the number of skills people list and pure intelligence.

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