It's perfectly fine to not know something or use google in an interview

I'm writing this after interviewing two applicants for an open junior data scientist position we have (I'm the person asking questions about statistical understanding), as well being in interviews for other positions (resulting in two offers at the moment), and being a bit puzzled.

One thing I noticed was that it seemed very difficult for the applicants was to say that they don't know something. In my interviews, I would just simply tell that I don't know or know something …

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