Honesty or Bullshit?

Today I had an interview for an administration post.
I woke up feeling rotten, stuffed up, coughing and slightly nauseous so decided to ring the company to ask if they would rather reschedule it. They said they would risk my illness and thus I set off. Journey was easiest for a while, everything went like clockwork and then I arrived.
The post is covering for a girl not much older than me who is going on maternity leave for a year. It involves many menial, boring duties and long hours. This led unsurprisingly to my interviewer asking why someone with a degree and a diploma would want the position. I had two choices, honesty or bullshit. I could tell her I have always had a soft spot for filing, I enjoy working all day on computers, manning phones or I could tell her that I wanted the job because if offered experience and was only a year long, thus allowing me to pursue my chosen career once it finished.

I chose honesty.

I prefer to if I can. To me, trust and honesty are important in life and also in business. Sure some people can bullshit till there is no tomorrow, using half truths and outright lies to get a little further. But they will be found out for what they are usually, not to mention they will have little if any integrity.
In contrast honesty can be powerful. Yes it can make you out to be human and reveal something which on paper may harm your prospects but hopefully organisations appreciate it. In this case I was going for a job I would never have imagined going for, something which would usually be filled by a non graduate, but in doing so showed willing to do what it took to get somewhere. Something important in an menial admin job.
I will be honest, I would much prefer the JPA job mentioned earlier this week, but if necessary I will spend a year inputting data, filing and making tea. In my opinion it can only reflect well on me in the future.