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Only one answer to such a question - "Listening to inane questions from incompetent interviewers."
Seriously, this guff is a permie question, why on earth would a client ask this of a contractor who is being considered to solve their business problem(s).
I don't believe anything anyone tells me in the whole process until I have a sheet of paper for me to sign the contract.
Unfortunately, my cynicism is quite often justified.
Happened to me with MBNA Credit Card cheques. They sent some (unsolicited of course), they got intercepted in the mail, and someone cashed one of them for £5000.
Called MBNA, they didn't seem that bothered and credited the 5k back straight away. In fact, they were so laid back about it, must...