1) some people don't like to lie.
2) telling an actual lie during some parts of the recruitment project leaves you open to rare but unpleasant effects.
https://medium.com/p/c7ea9cef0b01
The part where I offered on my own to write it is 100% true, by the way. They wouldn't even suggest what to say, and they put it up with virtually no edits. Which is amazing, since it could probably use a few.