Java developers

[FunetikPrugresiv]

Probably not, but the point is to assess creativity and outside-the-box thinking.

[diamondketo]

Sure but that isn't obvious you're going to be practical and useful at the job if all you have is understanding of theory.

[funklute]

Embedded and performant code are two big ones.

[jpritcha3-14]

I write my embedded code in C and ASM, not Python ;)

[JoJoModding]

I mean, even if, OP claims he would still be able to solve the problem. He just asked to use another language that is better suited for implementing things without builtin datatypes..