HM asks: do you have other opportunities?
For a bit of context, I am a student and mostly apply for summer job/internship. Recently, the question that bother me the most in interviews is when the HM asks: Do you also apply else where?/ Do you have other opportunities?/ Will your past employer that you worked for last summer accept you if you apply this year?. And as you could have guessed, they never get back to me with an offer after asking this sort of questions. So, I just want to ask you, r/interviews redditors, what is the intention of these questions? What would be the best answer for them? Or is it just a cooperate way of saying "your chance is slim here, go and work somewhere else" ?