How to rate a person is a tough question, some do it in detail and some do it by giving marks. I thought i was good at second option. Describing someone is very tough. There are instances when you run out of words and that often. You forget all your sense of humor and are so conscious about rating a person. Deducting marks for a person and explaing you deducated them what for is very tough. Believe me you cant tell a person why a single point was deducted. This sounds very complex but is very true. Being one self and speaking truth without hurting others sentiments is very tough. And if you give 10/10 be prepared for the worse. The other might feel happy and think that you are a expert in buttering and no one is 10/10 in any thing. So Always Deduct some points.
Recently I have been told to ask rate people basis on nature, looks and overall. If it were a product or something then it would be very easy for me as day in and day out i do this only. But rating a human beings is toughest and i found my selves failing on that front and when i was rated i got 6.5/10 and that was best i could get. I was expecting a bit more but that was wrong. Then i was asking my selves question where i lost 3.5. Though I have applied for a re rating (Even I can loose some marks there).
Different persons would rate you on different basis. One person might like you can be biased, may not tell the things that are true but might hurt you, Other might just do the opposite. I recall when i was in class VIII i used to ask my English teacher why she deducted my marks in essay writing. She used to say that this is best i think this essay deserves and always left me wondering what I could have done. Since it was English and not Mathematics no one could argue, that was her point of view, may be i could have got lesser.
Also today i lost when i got 30K votes and other person got 1 vote for question and was still happy to loose.