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Purely anecdotal of course but I always set the scene for interviewee's that "I don't know" is a completely acceptable answer. If the question could be attempted with an educated guess then "I don't know" is perfectly fine as long as an educated guess is then attempted.

If you only get "I don't know" with no attempt at a guess or explanation for why they don't know then you may have issues.

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