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Market Making Interview Review Template

Market making interview review template for reviewing setup, fair value, quotes, fills, inventory, errors, and next drills.

Candidates closing the loop after market-making mocks.

Setup

Record the game rules, payoff, position limits, quote-size rules, and scoring method.

Fair value

Review whether each midpoint estimate was reasonable under the information available at the time.

Concrete example

Quote review: fair value was about 60, quoted 59 at 61 despite high uncertainty, got picked off after a signal. Likely spread error.

Fills and inventory

Track how each fill changed position and whether the next quote responded to that position.

Error category

Assign each major miss to fair value, spread, inventory, risk, update, arithmetic, or communication.

Next drill

End with one targeted drill for the highest-frequency mistake. The review is only useful if it changes practice.

Practice the pattern

Use the LeetQuidity curriculum and calibration to turn this topic into a focused practice plan.