They don't until it's too late ?
on a more serious note:
a self assessment about how others see you? Yeah that seems like it's going to be super reliable.
I came into this thread hoping to see a response like this, it's a shame it wasn't until the third page.
I think the idea is good - how others see is is arguably more valuable than how we see ourselves, regarding typing ourselves and self-development, due to blind-spots in our own character etc - but, a self-assessment isn't going to produce anything remotely close to how others see us.
We would need other people to actually do something like this for us - Johari/Nohari kind of thing.
The questions themselves don't reflect the idea - they're:
- "On a typical morning you wake up feeling..."
- "Your drink of choice is..."
- "You're redecorating your bedroom, what changes are you making?"
- "On a Sunday night your friends invite you to go out to a comedy club, you..."
- "Growing up, your parents always described you as..."
- "When was the last time you went out for a drink after work?"
- "You would say your personal style is..."
- "How do you feel about karaoke?"
- "Choose your favorite month of the year."
- "How often do you speak in front of a group?"
The only one that is slightly relevant is how your parents always described you growing up - this is at least some kind of objective data point, but at the same time, it's prone to subjective bias on account of being a self-assessment.
I mean, people that were told they were totally hectic kids all screaming and running around all day etc might place too much emphasis on that one time they were told they were "pretty quiet", for example.