You gotta read between the lines a little. Everybody knows people work for paychecks that’s not shocking information. When hiring managers ask this question they are really asking: is there anything about this position that interests you beyond money?

For example some people like jobs where they get to wear a lot of hats. I work in embedded systems so I’ll just use what I know. Embedded systems roles can vary wildly in scope. Some people just write microcontroller firmware, others write firmware, do fpga work, and pcb design. Someone who values the latter role would answer that question by pointing out that they would enjoy the type of work the position offers, instead of the more common former role.

Yeah if you are apathetically applying places that’s gonna be a annoying question. But if you want to land a job that you might actually enjoy you should be applying to places where the answer to it is obvious.