It's kind of the inverse of questions like "why do you why to join this company", where most interviewers would be put off by the truth, which is "because you'll pay me"
The point isn't necessarily to get an accurate rendition. It's to see how they answer. What they emphasize. What they don't mention. Most of the questions I ask when being interviewed are like this, ones that give me a sense of what the environment and the people are like.
