"It's a good career move," Randall said. "You acknowledge that you don't know and that you will take action."

“这反映了你有好的职业修养”Randall说道，“因为你了自己的知识缺失并且乐于补救。”

At this point, your CEO will probably say one of two things: "It's okay; never mind," or "Yes, please, find out."

这样的话，你的CEO可能会回复类似这样的话“没事的，别介意。”或者“好啊，去找找答案吧。”之类。

If they ask you to find out, Randall said, do it immediately and follow up with them.

如果回复了后者，Randall建议你最好真的马上去找到答案，并且告知你的CEO。

Stephen Dubner and Stephen Levitt, authors of "Freakonomics," recommend a similar strategy in this situation. As Levitt said in a 2017 podcast episode, feigning knowledge is counterproductive:

《怪物经济学》的作者Stephen Dubner 和Stephen Levitt也提出了类似的应对措施。Levitt在2017年的某期语音节目中说道，给出犹豫不确定的答案其实适得其反：

"It might keep your job for another week or another month, it might make people think you are good, but that's not the point," he said. "Really, the goal is to be good and to improve and to learn and to make things better. And the only way to do that is to start by saying, 'I don't know.'"

“这样回答可能会让你在一周或是一个月内保住工作，可能会让别人觉得你棒棒的，但是这都不重要，”他说，“真的，你要做的其实应该是摆正心态通过学习达到提升，让情况好起来。所以在不确定答案时，你最好说先摆明回答自己不知道。”

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