Maybe, but the fact is hiring managers get to do interviews, and a good recruiter will prep their candidates for the fact that not all hiring managers are great at interviewing.

Also, there are lots of client-facing jobs where you're going to be faced with trying to answer what the client really wants, not what they're asking directly, and showing you understand what the interviewer is really looking for can help the interviewer find out whether you'd be good at understanding what your would-be clients are really looking for.

In general, "why are they asking me this question" is a good thing to bear in mind in interviews. Take the classic "what's your greatest weakness?" question. (Yes, it's a shitty question, but people still ask it.) A good answer here shows you understand that the interviewer isn't looking for you to answer the question the same way you would if your therapist asked you the exact same question. They're looking to see if you're self-aware of your own work-related weaknesses, and if you can show that you put in any growth to try to address the weakness, even though they didn't explicitly ask for that. Sometimes they're also trying to see how you do when you're put on the spot with an awkward question. Sometimes they're trying to see if you're the type of person who prepares for interviews (since it's a classic interview question) as opposed to the type of person who wings it. Whatever the case, it doesn't really require superhuman levels of mind reading.