Sure, a great software developer can built a solution with a simple problem definition, "We spend a lot of money communicating with stakeholders."

You have to understand though, as a good developer, if someone asks me a question like that, it strongly implies that they don't know what the hell they are even doing. Hiring managers have to be keenly aware of what their questions are implying about their companies. I don't think many give it much though other than googling, "tough interview questions."

FWIW, I've sat on both sides of that table.