Maybe start off with a The Elder Scrolls style background quiz, where people are asked things such as "Ever since childhood you've been having terrible nightmar

Maybe start off with a The Elder Scrolls style background quiz, where people are asked things such as "Ever since childhood you've been having terrible nightmares about (a) curly braces (b) dynamic typing (c) memory management. And then, after 20 background questions, you could know with high certainty what style of pseudo code (or even language!) a person prefers. Yeah, I think this is a great idea.