But you are expected to find the most optimal solution to a problem, and not just a brute force one. And usually an optimal approach would require advanced knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
> But you are expected to find the most optimal solution to a problem, and not just a brute force one.
I'm not talking about brute force solutions. For many problems, there are things in between <famous algorithm> and brute force. Some problems offer simplifications over more general problems where <famous algorithm> is strictly worse than a simpler, more customized solution (same efficiency, but simpler to write and understand).
